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Proverbs 22:21 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 21
That 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?Proverbs 22:21 · King James Version
Proverbs 22:21 in context
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?
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- certaintyqôsheṭequityH7189 →
- answershûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- truthʼemethstabilityH571 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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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