Proverbs 22
22 Principles for A Good & Successful Person
Lim Liat (c) 22-2-2018
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- 1 #0 Foundational Truth- Priority of Life
Your identity & relationship are more important than wealth.
What you are is more important that what you own.
- Name over Wealth
- Relationship over Wealth
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- Pro 22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
- + - Life is What you do with What you are born with
- Pro 22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.
- 2 God is 1st - Worship & Trust Him
Fear God and develop Humility
- + - #2 Fear of God & Humility brings Success
- Pro 22:4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
- + - #16 Trust the Lord
- Pro 22:19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
- Pro 22:20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
- 3 Be Righteous & Just
- + - #17 Know Right & True
- Pro 22:21 to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
- + - #3 Being Straight brings Life
- Pro 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
- + - #6 Be Just - Injustice brings calamity
Abuses of Power brings disaster
- Pro 22:8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
- + - #14 Exploit or Bully Others Not
- Pro 22:16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
- + - #18 Do Not Exploit the Weak
- Pro 22:22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Pro 22:23 for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
- + - #21 Don't Cheat
- Pro 22:28 Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
- 4 Prudence
- + - #1 Be Prudent - Escape Danger
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- Pro 22:3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
- Joseph running away from his master's wife approaches
- + - #12 Watch out for Temptations
- Pro 22:14 The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
- + - #20 Don't Make Pledges nor Put up Security when You are Unable
- Pro 22:26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
- Pro 22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
- 5 Learning & Training
- + - #4 Training from Young brings Lasting Result
- Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- + - #10 Learning Always
- Pro 22:12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
- + - #13 Discipline is needed
- Pro 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- + - #15 Internalize Knowledge to be able to use it any time
- Pro 22:17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
- Pro 22:18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
- 6 Be Generously Kind
The Key to Master Wealth
- + - #5 Wealth has Power & Influence - Use it Well
- Pro 22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
- + - #7 Be Kind & Generous
- Pro 22:9 Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
- 7 Avoid Bad Influences
- + - #8 Get Rid of, Or Stay Away from, Trouble Makers
Mocking Others, Complaints, Proud, Gossipers
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Pro 22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
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H3887
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BDB Definition:
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1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
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1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to boast
- 1a2) to scorn
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1b) (Hiphil)
- 1b1) to mock, deride
- 1b2) to interpret (language)
- 1b2a) interpreter (participle)
- 1b2b) ambassador (figuratively)
- 1c) (Hithpalpel) to be inflated, scoff, act as a scorner, show oneself a mocker
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1a) (Qal)
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1) to scorn, make mouths at, talk arrogantly
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BDB Definition:
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H3887
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Pro 22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
- + - #19 Stay Away from Angry Influence
- Pro 22:24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
- Pro 22:25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
- 8 Grace & Truth
- + - #9 Promotion Comes from Purity & Gracefulness
- Pro 22:11 He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
- 9 Work Hard
- + - #11 Be Diligent
- Pro 22:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
- + - #22 Be Skillful - Excel in Your Work
- Pro 22:29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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