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Proverbs 22:19 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.Proverbs 22:19 · King James Version
Proverbs 22:19 in context
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- trustmibṭâchproperly, a refugeH4009 →
- knownyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Solomon here changes his style and manner of speaking. Hitherto, for the most part, since the beginning of ch. 10, he had laid down doctrinal truths, and but now and then dropped a word of exhortation, leaving us to make the application as we went along; but here, to the end of ch.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-21