Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
In Context
19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
2 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith 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 →