The Bible Study Podcast, episode 484. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Proverbs with Chapter 22.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast from your host, Chris Christensen. We continue on with chapter 22,

which has 29 new proverbs, and the beginning of a section that is 30 sayings of the wise.

We'll get the first of those six sayings later on in this chapter. It starts like this.

A good name is more desirable than great riches. To be esteemed is better than gold or silver.

I'm going to assume here that we're being esteemed for something good, that we're doing that

good name thing like your father told you when he went off to college. We've given you a good

name. Make sure you don't screw it up. Rich and poor have this in common. The Lord is the

maker of all of them. While we know this to be

true, I think the reason for emphasizing it is don't think of yourself more highly than you ought.

There are no self-made men. The prudence see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Again, we get the idea here of the person who is weighing their decisions, but in this case, it almost looks like he's looking

ahead down the road that he's going and deciding, is this a safe place to go? Again, I think it seems

very similar to a lot of these illusions we have of the

path or the way that we're going. The Prudent, who is getting off the road because he sees

something going on up ahead. Humility is the fear of the Lord. Its wages are riches and honor and life.

Again, one of those many things that it's better to be righteous, or in this case,

it's better to be humble. It's better to start with knowing where you stand with God and to have a

respect for God and that that will lead to good things. In the paths of the wicked are snares and

pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from

them. Again, in the past, the paths, the past, the past. This is one of those constant themes we have

here in Proverbs, that we are on a road heading some direction. And what it's saying is that the

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