Proverbs 22:19
in Proverbs 22So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
KJV
That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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This verse in Proverbs 22
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThat thy trust may be in the Lord,.... By means of the words of the wise, or doctrines of the Gospel, faith in Christ is first had; men are directed and encouraged hereby to believe in him; and by the same means faith is increased, confirmed, and established.
This site's exposition
Incline your ear and hear the words
on Proverbs 22:17-21
"Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise" opens the book's third named section, after 1:1 and 10:1. Part of the section runs close to an Egyptian text, the Instruction of Amenemope. The traditional position holds these sayings as inspired wisdom in their own right.
This site's exposition
your trust may be in the LORD
Verse 19 gives the purpose of the whole section of sayings, trust in the LORD. John Gill reads the words of the wise as the means by which faith first begins and is then increased and made firm. The pointed yes, you makes the lesson personal.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known, etc. - III. The End for which the wise man gives these instructions: - 1. “That thy trust may be in the Lord.” That thou mayest acknowledge Him as the Fountain of all good; and refer every thing to him. 2. That this end may be accomplished, the instructions are specific and particular: “I have made known to thee, even to thee.” 3. And this has not only been done in times past, “I have made known:” but even in the present, “I have made known this day!” IV. An appeal is made to the person himself relative to the matter and importance of the teaching. 1. “Have I not written to thee excellent things;” שלשים shalishim, literally threefold, thrice, in three different ways; which some think refers to his three books: - 1. Song of Solomon. 2. Koheleth, or Ecclesiastes. 3. Proverbs. Others, understanding it of the voice of Divine wisdom, suppose the three grand divisions of the sacred oracles are intended; viz., 1. The Law; 2. The Prophets; 3. The Hagiographa. And others interpret it of the three grand intellectual sciences: - 1. Morality, or Ethics. 2. Natural Philosophy, or Physics. 3. Theology, or the science of Divine things as reported in the Scriptures. But Solomon’s books of Natural Philosophy are lost. And lastly, some of the rabbins and some Christians find in these shalishim the three senses of Scripture: 1. Literal; 2. Figurative; 3. Allegorical. After all, as we know the term thrice was used as the term seven, a certain number for an uncertain, (see Amo 1:11; 2Co 12:8), it may mean no more here than, I have written to thee often. But perhaps it is safer to apply it to the Scriptures, and the excellent doctrines they contain: for שלשים shalishim signifies also excellent, princely things; things which become a king to speak. […]
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Even to thee - The wide general character of the teaching does not hinder its being a personal message to every one who reads it.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לִהְי֣וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּ֭יהוָה | bayahweh | in Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָ | mivtachekha | trust your | H4009 → | 15 times |
| הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָ | hoda'tikha | I teach you | H3045 → | 945 times |
| הַיּ֣וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אַף־ | ʾaf- | even | H637 → | 134 times |
| אָֽתָּה׃ | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
לִהְי֣וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
בַּ֭יהוָהin Yahweh
bayahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִבְטַחֶ֑ךָtrust your
mivtachekhaH4009 →15 times
הוֹדַעְתִּ֖יךָI teach you
hoda'tikhaH3045 →945 times
הַיּ֣וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אַף־even
ʾaf-H637 →134 times
אָֽתָּה׃you
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
it leads to
- Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 37:5
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in Him, and He will do it.
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Proverbs 28:26
He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
- Psalms 37:3
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
- Psalms 62:8
Through
Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
it leads to
- Exodus 15:2
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Exodus 15:2
Through
Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
it leads to
- Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Philippians 4:6
Where this verse is studied
About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).