Proverbs 22:20

"I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD."

Key Reflection

Proverbs 22:20 exhorts listeners to trust in the Lord, emphasizing the importance of divine faith and reliance over human schemes. This wisdom literature encourages a steadfast commitment to God's ways, even when faced with worldly pressures or temptations to enter into unjust agreements or debts, as highlighted by Proverbs 22:13 ("Do not you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts"). By teaching this lesson, the speaker aims to instill a foundational trust in God that surpasses temporary human arrangements and challenges.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Excellent things -A meaning of the word derived from “the third,” i. e., “the chief of three warriors in a chariot” (compareExodus 14:7;Exodus 14:7note). Another reading of the Hebrew text gives “Have I not written to thee long ago?” and this would form a natural antithesis to “this day” ofProverbs 22:19. The rendering of the Septuagint is: “write them for thyself three times;” that of the Vulgate, “I have written it (i.

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