Proverbs 22:20

Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge :

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

In Context

19That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.

21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak of great things: and my lips shall be opened to preach right things.

2 Timothy 3:15And because from thy infancy thou hast known the holy scriptures, which can instruct thee to salvation, by the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:18-22

Serious Attention Inculcated. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. 19 That thy trust may be in the Lord , I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that… Read the whole commentary →

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