Proverbs 22:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

By (Hebrew, the end or reward of) humility, (and) the fear of the Lord, (are) riches, honour, and life - (Psalms 19:11; Psalms 112:3; Matthew 6:33), True "humility" is the inseparable associate of "the fear of the Lord." The humble, affected with a true sense of the divine majesty, cannot but feel their own vileness and nothingness by the comparison.

Proverbs 22:4

4 Byb humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.