Proverbs 22:20
“Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Have not I written to thee excellent things,.... In the Scriptures. Some render it, "three things" (c); and think that…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Excellent things - A meaning of the word derived from “the third,” i. e., “the chief of three warriors in a chariot”…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 22:17-21
Solomon here changes his style and manner of speaking. Hitherto, for the most part, since the beginning of ch. 10, he…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
excellent things The word has been thought to denote the chief of the three persons who formed the complement of an…
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