New English Translation
Proverbs 22:4
4The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
- New International Version (NIV)Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)By humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches and honor and life.
Context of Proverbs 22:4
2The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both. 3A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it. The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life. 5Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them. 6Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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עֵ֣קֶב עֲ֭נָוָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְכָב֣וֹד וְחַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 22:4
- Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Proverbs 21:21The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor.
- Psalms 34:9Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing!
- Psalms 112:1Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
- Isaiah 33:6He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: “I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
- Matthew 6:33But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- 1 Timothy 4:8For “physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.”
- James 4:6But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 22:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Better, (compare the margin) The reward of humility (is) the fear of the Lord, “riches, and honor, and life.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 4 Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. And much is to be enjoyed by it; spiritual riches, and eternal life at last.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Fear of the LORD (see Proverbs 1:7; 9:10) is closely linked with humility. A humble person understands he is not the center of the universe. Humility is more valuable than wealth (Proverbs 16:19; see also 11:2; 15:33; 18:12).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. humility and the fear of the Lord--are in apposition; one produces the other. On the results, compare Pr 3:16; 8:18.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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