Proverbs 22:20

Have not I written to thee shloshim (thirty sayings) 1 in mo'etzot (counsels) and da'as, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Hashem, 1 I have made thee know this yom, even thee! 1

21That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; 1 that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee? 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak negidim (noble things, worthy [words]); 1 and the opening of my sfatayim (lips) shall be meisharim (upright, fair things). 1

2 Timothy 3:15And that from infancy you have known the Kitvei HaKodesh, which are able to make you chacham with a view to Yeshu'at Eloheynu through emunah in Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach Yehoshua.

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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