Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Proverbs 22:1
XXII.
(1) Loving favour. — Or, favour is better than silver and gold. “Favour” may signify the grace which wins love, as well as the favour gained thereby.
XXII.
(1) Loving favour. — Or, favour is better than silver and gold. “Favour” may signify the grace which wins love, as well as the favour gained thereby.
CHAPTER XXII _A good reputation. The rich and the poor. The idle. Good habits_ _formed in infancy. Injustice and its effects. The providence of_ _God. The lewd woman. The necessity of timely correc...
Omit “good.” The word is an insertion. To the Hebrew, “name” by itself conveyed the idea of good repute, just as “men without a name” (compare Job 30:8 margin) are those sunk in ignominy. The margin g...
CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorab...
PROVERBS 22:6. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way_ i.e._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The st...
NAME. Note the Ellipsis (App-6), and supply "good" from Ecclesiastes 7:1....
_A_good _name_ Heb. A NAME, as in Ecclesiastes 7:1. Comp. Sir 41:12 : "Have regard to thy name; For it continueth with thee longer than a thousand great treasures of gold." _loving favour rather th...
CHAPTER 22 TEXT Proverbs 22:1-10 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold, 2. The rich and poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker o...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. A (GOOD) NAME (CF. ) IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN ... (AND) LOVING FAVOUR RATHER THE SILVER. Since "fa...
1. To be regarded with favour is better than silver and gold. This v. is inscribed in large letters on the walls of Manchester Exchange. Rabbi Simeon used to say: 'There are only three crowns; the cro...
Wisdom is more valuable than wealth (Proverbs 8:10). Other people should be able to trust us. Christians should be responsible people, who are always careful and sensible....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and...
נִבְחָ֣ר שֵׁ֭ם מֵ עֹ֣שֶׁר רָ֑ב מִ כֶּ֥סֶף
CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his b...
“HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART” Proverbs 22:1-16 Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness...
Verse Proverbs 22:2. The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having reference to the sanctuary or house of prayer; but a very...
A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] (a) loving favour rather than silver and gold. (a) Which comes by well doing....
_Good. Hebrew, "a name," or reputation. (Haydock) --- It is preferable to riches, but not to be compared with virtue, which is the only solid good; and even to be placed above riches, it must be well...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. There is a vast dissimilarity i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
A [GOOD] NAME [IS] RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES,.... The word "good" is not in the text, but is rightly supplied, as it is by the Targum, Septuagint, and Vulgate Latin versions; for it is not...
A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold. Ver. 1. _A good name is rather to be chosen._] Heb., A name, as "a wife," for a good wife. P...
_A good name_ A good reputation among wise and good men; _is rather to be chosen than great riches_ That is, we should be more careful to pursue that course of life, and do those things, by which we m...
V. 1. A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES, it is much more precious, Ecclesiastes 7:1, AND LOVING FAVOR RATHER THAN SILVER AND GOLD, that is, the kind regard of the wise and good is t...
LOVING FAVOR: Or, favour is better then, etc....
PROVERBS CHAPTER 22 A GOOD NAME, Heb. _name_ put _for good name_, as ECCLESIASTES 7:1, the word _good_ being easily understood out of the next clause, in which it is expressed in the Hebrew text. A go...
Proverbs 22:1 name H8034 chosen H977 (H8737) great H7227 riches H6239 Loving H2896 favor H2580 silver H3701 gold...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who walk humbly with God in obedience to the commands of His Word and in submission to the disposals of His providenc...
Proverbs 22:1. _A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches._ When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for his power. Proverbs 22:2. _The rich and the poor meet...
_A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches._ ON GOOD CHARACTER, OR GENERAL ESTEEM OF MANKIND While our Maker has left us greatly in the dark about unimportant and disputable matters, He ha...
TAKE CARE OF YOUR NAME A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. Proverbs 22:1. In some parts of Africa the natives have an unusual custom; they buy each other's names. So much money is...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 22:1. A GOOD NAME. Literally “_a name_.” LOVING FAVOUR, or “_grace,” “goodwill_.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:1_ BETTER THAN GOLD The second clause of the proverb expl...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in th...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (Proverbs 22:1). The good name, so important, so valuable. Good reputation, so important. "Rather to...
1 Kings 1:47; Acts 7:10; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Hebrews 11:39; Luke 10:20;...
Favour — A good report among men, especially good men, and that hearty kindness which attends it....