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A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. See also: Ecclesiastes 7:1 Luke 10:20 1 Kings 1:47The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all. See also: Job 31:15 1 Samuel 2:7 Proverbs 14:31A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. See also: Proverbs 27:12 Proverbs 14:16 Proverbs 29:1The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life. See also: James 4:10 Matthew 6:33 Psalms 34:9-10Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them. See also: Proverbs 16:17 Proverbs 15:19 Jude 1:20-21Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. See also: Ephesians 6:4 Deuteronomy 6:7 2 Timothy 3:15The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. See also: 2 Kings 4:1 Matthew 18:25 Proverbs 22:16He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. See also: Galatians 6:7-8 Job 4:8 Isaiah 30:31He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. See also: Proverbs 19:17 Hebrews 6:10 1 Timothy 6:18-19Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. See also: 1 Corinthians 5:5-6 1 Corinthians 5:13 Proverbs 26:20-21He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend. See also: Proverbs 16:13 Matthew 5:8 Proverbs 14:35The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. See also: 2 Timothy 3:8-9 2 Chronicles 16:9 Acts 13:8-12The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!” See also: Proverbs 26:13-16 Numbers 13:32-33 Proverbs 15:19The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it. See also: Ecclesiastes 7:26 Proverbs 23:27 Proverbs 6:24-29Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him. See also: Proverbs 13:24 Proverbs 29:15 Proverbs 19:18Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty. See also: Proverbs 22:22-23 James 2:13 Psalms 12:5Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. See also: Proverbs 23:12 Psalms 90:12 Proverbs 2:2-5For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. See also: Jeremiah 15:16 Proverbs 2:10 Proverbs 8:6I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD. See also: Psalms 62:8 Isaiah 12:2 Proverbs 3:5Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, See also: Proverbs 8:6 2 Peter 1:19-21 Psalms 12:6To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? See also: 1 Peter 3:15 Luke 1:3-4 John 20:31Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; See also: Zechariah 7:10 Malachi 3:5 Proverbs 22:16for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. See also: Psalms 140:12 Psalms 12:5 Jeremiah 51:36Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger, See also: Proverbs 29:22 2 Corinthians 6:14-17 Proverbs 21:24lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul. See also: 1 Corinthians 15:33 Psalms 106:35 Proverbs 13:20Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. See also: Proverbs 11:15 Proverbs 17:18 Proverbs 6:1-5If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? See also: Proverbs 20:16 2 Kings 4:1 Exodus 22:26-27Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up. See also: Deuteronomy 19:14 Deuteronomy 27:17 Proverbs 23:10Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men. See also: 1 Kings 11:28 Matthew 25:21 Proverbs 12:24

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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)21 notes

Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.

These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity

Proverbs 22:1

Ver. 1. Good. Heb. "a name," or reputation. H. --- 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 grounded. C. --- Favour with all. H.

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Proverbs 22:2

Ver. 2. Another. They stand in need of one another. S. Chrys. hom. xxxiv. in 1

Cor. --- They are equal in God's sight, who only values real virtue. He disposes of riches, so that the poor may one day become rich. C.

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Proverbs 22:4

Ver. 4. Fruit. Lit. "the end of modesty, (H.) or moderation, which must accompany every virtue.

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Proverbs 22:5

Ver. 5. Perverse. They are always in danger and in trouble.

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Proverbs 22:6

Ver. 6. It is a proverb, is added by S. Jerom, to make the sentence more striking. --- It. He is like a tender plant, (C.) or wax, or a new vessel.

Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem

Testa diu. Hor. ep. i. ad Lol.

--- "Shall wool regain its whiteness after it has been dyed purple?" S. Jer. ad Lætam. --- Heb.

"initiate a young," &c. Proportion your lessons to his capacity, and make him relish them.

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Proverbs 22:7

Ver. 7. Servant. He might be sold, &c. Ex. xxii. 3. Matt. xviii. 25. Gell. xx. 1. Plato (Leg.

viii.) would have nothing sold on credit. These laws appear to be severe; but they are founded on wisdom, as nothing impoverishes more than the facility of borrowing.

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Proverbs 22:8

Ver. 8. Consumed. Or beaten with the flail of God's anger.

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Proverbs 22:9

Ver. 9. Is. Heb. "has a good eye," in opposition to the evil, or malicious one.

Matt. xx. 15. ---

He, &c. is not in Heb. or in the Lat. edit. of Comp. and S. Jer.

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Proverbs 22:11

Ver. 11. He. Sept. "the Lord loveth pious hearts. All the irreproachable are acceptable to him.

The king feeds with lips," by his just ordinances. H. --- Kings hate duplicity; but require that the truth should be disclosed to them in a suitable manner.

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Proverbs 22:13

Ver. 13. Streets. Vain excuses of sloth!

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Proverbs 22:14

Ver. 14. It. Debauchery resembles hell. C. xxiii. 23. C. --- Facilis descensus Averni, &c. Æn.

vi.

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Proverbs 22:15

Ver. 15. Folly. Ignorance and innate corruption are corrected by a good education.

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Proverbs 22:17

Ver. 17. Incline. Thus Solomon concludes his discourse, (c. xxiv. 23.) in the same manner as he began it, to chap. x. Some commence the third book of Proverbs in this place; others, c. xxv. C.

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Proverbs 22:18

Ver. 18. Lips. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. H.

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Proverbs 22:20

Ver. 20. Ways. Repeatedly. Boss. T. 2 Cor. xii. 8. Amos i. 11. C. --- Prot. "have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge?" " Shalishim,

" perfect, (Pagn.) or "three things,"

(Mont.) means also (H.) such as might suit princes and great officers. C.

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Proverbs 22:21

Ver. 21. Sent. Sept. "are sent to thee." Thou mayst become a teacher, (H.) or give satisfaction to thy parents, who have sent thee to my school. C.

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Proverbs 22:22

Ver. 22. Gate. Where judges passed sentence. M.

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Proverbs 22:25

Ver. 25. Soul. By imitating him, or by falling a victim to his rage.

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Proverbs 22:26

Ver. 26. Hands. Engaging to stand bond. H. c. vi. 1. --- Such a one might be required to pay the debt. C. xx. 16.

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Proverbs 22:28

This 19th-century note uses polemical language; read it in the light of the note at the top of this panel.

Ver. 28. Set. The pagans made a god of Terminus, to prevent disputes. Ovid.

Fast. ii. --- If it be unlawful to disturb land-marks, how much more so is it to give way to novelty in religion? Deut.

xix. 14. C. --- Solomon is addressing those who follow the true faith. Else the conduct of infidel ancestors should not deter any from embracing the truth. H.

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Proverbs 22:29

Ver. 29. Obscure. By industry he shall raise himself to notice. H. --- Kings employ those who are most active. C.

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