John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 22:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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By humility [and] the fear of the Lord, etc.] Some render it, “the reward of humility, which [is] the fear of the Lord”f596; so the Targum; an humble man is blessed with it. Jarchi’s note is, “because of humility, the fear of the Lord comes;” humility leads on to the fear of the Lord; he that behaves humbly towards man comes at length to fear the Lord, and be truly religious: though these are rather to be considered as the graces of the Spirit of God, which go together where there is one, there is the other; he that is humbled under a sense of sin, and his own unworthiness, fears the Lord; and he that fears the Lord, and his goodness, will walk humbly before him; they both flow from the grace of God, are very ornamental, and attended with the following happy consequences; [are] riches, and honour, and life; spiritual riches, the riches of grace and glory; honour with God and men now, and everlasting life in the world to come.

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