Amsal 15:33
Konteks15:33 The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, 1
and before honor comes humility. 2
Amsal 18:12
Konteks18:12 Before destruction the heart 3 of a person is proud,
but humility comes 4 before honor. 5
Amsal 22:4
Konteks22:4 The reward 6 for humility 7 and fearing the Lord 8
is riches and honor and life.
[15:33] 1 tn Heb “[is] instruction of wisdom” (KJV and NASB similar). The noun translated “wisdom” is an attributive genitive: “wise instruction.”
[15:33] sn The idea of the first line is similar to Prov 1:7 and 9:10. Here it may mean that the fear of the
[15:33] 2 tn Heb “[is] humility” (so KJV). The second clause is a parallel idea in that it stresses how one thing leads to another – humility to honor. Humble submission in faith to the
[18:12] 3 sn The term “heart” is a metonymy of subject, referring to the seat of the spiritual and intellectual capacities – the mind, the will, the motivations and intentions. Proud ambitions and intentions will lead to a fall.
[18:12] 4 tn Heb “[is] before honor”; cf. CEV “humility leads to honor.”
[18:12] 5 sn The way to honor is through humility (e.g., Prov 11:2; 15:33; 16:18). The humility and exaltation of Jesus provides the classic example (Phil 2:1-10).
[22:4] 6 tn The Hebrew term עֵקֶב (’eqev, “reward”) is related to the term meaning “heel”; it refers to the consequences or the reward that follows (akin to the English expression “on the heels of”).
[22:4] 7 tn “Humility” is used here in the religious sense of “piety”; it is appropriately joined with “the fear of the
[22:4] 8 tn Heb “the fear of the