--- title: "Proverbs 22 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary" description: "Read Proverbs 22 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22" --- [ Read](/kjv/proverbs/22)[ Commentary](/study/proverbs/22)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/proverbs/22) Audio 1 A *good* name *is* rather to be chosen than great riches, *and* loving favour rather than silver and gold.* 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD *is* the maker of them all. 3 A prudent *man* foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4 By humility *and* the fear of the LORD *are* riches, and honour, and life.* 5 Thorns *and* snares *are* in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.** 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower *is* servant to the lender.* 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.* 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.* 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. 11 He that loveth pureness of heart, *for* the grace of his lips the king *shall be* his friend.* 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.* 13 The slothful *man* saith, *There is* a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. 14 The mouth of strange women *is* a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 15 Foolishness *is* bound in the heart of a child; *but* the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his *riches, and* he that giveth to the rich, *shall* surely *come* to want. 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18 For *it is* a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.* 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.* 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?* 22 Rob not the poor, because he *is* poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 26 Be not thou *one* of them that strike hands, *or* of them that are sureties for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.* 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean *men*.* [Proverbs 21](/study/proverbs/21) [Proverbs 23](/study/proverbs/23) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Pro 22:1](/kjv/pro/22/1) 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.[Pro 18:22](/kjv/-pro/18/22) Better no wife than an ill wife, so better no name than an ill name. This good name proceeding from a good conscience, this honour from virtue,[Isa 43:4](/kjv/-isa/43/4) this perfume of faith and obedience, this splendour and sparkle of the "white stone," which only shines upon heavenly hearts - is far more desirable than great riches. For, first, These oft take away the life of the owners thereof.[Pro 1:19](/kjv/-pro/1/19) The greater wealth, the greater spoil awaits a man. As a tree with thick and large boughs, every man desires to lop him. Whereas a good name saves a man oft from that danger, as it did Jonathan, whom the people rescued. Secondly, Riches breed and bring their cares and cumbers with them. *Qui habet terras habet guerras,* saith the proverb; many lawsuits and other vexations, &c.; when a good name, as a precious ointment poured out, gets loving favour, with which it is therefore fitly coupled in this text. Thirdly, Riches are enjoyed but till death at utmost; but a good name outlives the man, and is left behind him for a blessing.[Isa 65:15](/kjv/-isa/65/15) **[Pro 10:7](/kjv/-pro/10/7) *See Trapp on "*[Pro 10:7](/kjv/-pro/10/7) *"* Other people went beyond God’s Israel in wealth and riches, but none in fame and renown.[2Sa 7:23](/kjv/-2sa/7/23) **[Deu 4:6](/kjv/-deu/4/6) Fourthly, Riches are oft gotten by fame. Let a man’s name be up, and there will be great recourse to him; but let him once crack his credit, and riches cannot repair him. Infamy will not be bought off with money. Lastly, Riches are common to good men with bad men; but a good name, truly so called, is proper to God’s peculiar, confined to the communion of saints. He was therefore a better husband than divine that first called riches *bona,* goods, And that heathen was nearer the truth than many profligate professors of it who said, *Ego si bonam famam servasso sat dives ero:* *a* that is, If I may but keep a good name, I have wealth enough. **** **And loving favour rather than silver and gold.** ] Which what is it else but white and red earth? and therefore no way fit to come in competition with good repute and report among the best, such as Christ had,[Luk 2:52](/kjv/-luk/2/52) and Joseph, and Daniel, and David, and Demetrius;[3Jn 1:12](/kjv/-3jn/1/12) and they had it as a special favour from God, who fashions men’s opinions, and hides his people from the strife of tongues.[Job 5:21](/kjv/-job/5/21) **[Psa 31:20](/kjv/-psa/31/20) *a* Plautus. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22","name":"Proverbs 22 - Study King James Bible with trapps complete commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Proverbs 22 with trapps complete commentary commentary. 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary","name":"trapps complete commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs","name":"Proverbs"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/trapps-complete-commentary/proverbs/22","name":"22"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```