Proverbs 22:20
Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
In Context
19I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD.
21To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
Cross References
Proverbs 8:6Hear, for I will speak excellent things. The opening of my lips is for right things.
2 Timothy 3:15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Messiah Yeshua.
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 →