King James Version
Proverbs 22:4 in the King James Version says “By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etc” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etc”
Proverbs 22:4 · KJV
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. By: or, The reward of humility, etc
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Train: or, Catechise in: Heb. in his way
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“By”
H6118a heel, i.e., (figuratively) the last of anything (used adverbially, for ever); also result, i.e., compensation; and so (adverb with preposition or re
“humility”
H6038condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency)
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“and honour”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“and life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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