Passage Research
Proverbs 22 — Sermon Preparation
A chapter opening with the saying that a good name exceeds wealth, covering the training of children, equality before God as Creator, and beginning a section of thirty sayings. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 29
- verses
- 225 / 161
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 13
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דַּל | dal | H1800 | 4 | dangling, weak |
| עָשִׁיר | ʻâshîyr | H6223 | 3 | rich, noble |
| דַּעַת | daʻath | H1847 | 3 | knowledge |
| קָבַע | qâbaʻ | H6906 | 2 | cover, defraud |
| רוּשׁ | rûwsh | H7326 | 2 | be destitute |
| לָוָה | lâvâh | H3867 | 2 | twine, unite |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 3 | heart, feelings |
How preachers through history handled this text
13 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“To these words, to this knowledge, the ear must be bowed down, and the heart applied by faith and love. To live a life of delight in God and dependence on him, is the foundation of all practical religion. The way to know the certainty of the word of truth, is to make conscience of our duty.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 22:17–27 (Public Domain)
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