Proverbs 22:22 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Proverbs 22:22

20 Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,

21 ^aThat I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
^bThat you may answer words of truth
To those who¹ send to you?

22 Do not rob the ^apoor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

23 ^aFor the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a ^afurious man do not go,

25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Here follow ten precepts of two verses each. Though men fail to defend the poor, God will (Proverbs 17:5; Psalms 12:5).

in the gate—place of public gathering (Job 5:4; Psalms 69:12).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Proverbs 22:22:

Job 5:4
Proverbs 23:10-11
Proverbs 24:7
Proverbs 31:23
Ecclesiastes 5:9

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