Proverbs 22:20
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
- KJV
- Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- WEB
- Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
- ASV
- Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
- DARBY
- Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
- BLB
- Have I not written to you thirty sayings of counsels and knowledge,
- ÅB
- Har jeg ikke skrevet for deg tretti ord med råd og kunnskap
- OTB
- Har jeg ikke gitt deg mange ord av råd og kunnskap,
- B1930
- Har jeg ikke skrevet for dig kjernesprog med råd og kunnskap
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Peter 1:19–21
We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Read in contextProverbs 8:6
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
Read in context2 Timothy 3:15–17
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
Read in contextPsalms 12:6
The words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined in a furnace, like gold purified sevenfold.
Read in contextHosea 8:12
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
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