Proverbs 22:19 (BSB)
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
From Proverbs 22. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:19
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 22:17-21: Solomon here changes his style and manner of speaking. Hitherto, for the most part, since the beginning of ch. 10, he had laid down doctrinal truths, and but now and then dropped a word of exhortation, leaving us to make the application as we went along; but here, to the end of ch.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 22:19: That thy trust may be in the Lord,.... By means of the words of the wise, or doctrines of the Gospel, faith in Christ is first had; men are directed and encouraged hereby to believe in him; and by the same means faith is increased, confirmed, and established.
- Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 22:19: That . . . Lord--This is the design of the instruction.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 22:19: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. (m) He shows what the end of wisdom is: that is, to direct us to the Lord.