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Prov. 22:6 Train up a child. This proverb, founded on the covenant with Abraham (see Gen. 18:19), encourages parents to guide their children in the way (the right moral orientation). It points out the kinds of conduct that please or displease the Lord.
Prov. 22:7–9 The rich . . . lender who rules the poor . . . borrower is seen in contrast to the bountiful person who shares with the poor. Between these two, v. 8 describes the powerful man who will come to ruin.
Prov. 22:10–11 The scoffer, who will be driven out, is contrasted with the person of pure heart and gracious speech, who will be welcomed by the king.
Prov. 22:14 The forbidden woman is a deep pit—something from which a man cannot escape by himself. She ruins him financially, and probably in other ways relating to health, strength, relationships, and above all the man’s relationship to God. She is thus a means God uses to punish the wicked.
Prov. 22:17–24:22 The Thirty Sayings of “the Wise.” This section easily divides into 30 distinct teachings, as indicated in 22:20. These reflect an awareness of the Egyptian wisdom text, The Instruction of Amenemope, dated to about 1250 b.c. The most significant difference between the two is the devotion to the Lord exhibited in Proverbs. The identity of “the wise” (22:17) is unknown. Perhaps they are the scholars who assembled these proverbs (possibly under Solomon’s sponsorship).
Prov. 22:22 crush the afflicted at the gate. The gate was the place of legal transactions. One should not use the courts to take the property of the poor.
Prov. 22:28 The landmark was the boundary stone for a piece of property (Deut. 19:14). To move it was to steal a man’s land as well as his ancestral heritage.
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