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Proverbs 22

Prov. 22:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Have not I written
kathab (Hebrew #3789)
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
KJV usage: describe, record, prescribe, subscribe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: kaw-thab'
Origin: a primitive root
to thee
shilshowm (Hebrew #8032)
from the same as 8028; trebly, i.e. (in time) day before yesterday
KJV usage: + before (that time, - time), excellent things (from the margin), + heretofore, three days, + time past.
Pronounce: shil-shome'
Origin: or shilshom {shil-shome'}
excellent things
shaliysh (Hebrew #7991)
or shalosh (2 Sam. 23:13) {shaw-loshe'}; from 7969; a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)
KJV usage: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).
Pronounce: shaw-leesh'
Origin: or shalowsh ( 1 Chron. 11:11; 12:18) {shaw- loshe'}
in counsels
mow`etsah (Hebrew #4156)
a purpose
KJV usage: counsel, device.
Pronounce: mo-ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
and knowledge
da`ath (Hebrew #1847)
knowledge
KJV usage: cunning, (ig-)norantly, know(-ledge), (un-)awares (wittingly).
Pronounce: dah'-ath
Origin: from 3045
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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 8:6• 6Hear, for I will speak excellent things, and the opening of my lips shall be right things. (Prov. 8:6)
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Psa. 12:6• 6The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver tried in the furnace of earth, purified seven times. (Psa. 12:6)
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Hos. 8:12• 12I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law: they are counted as a strange thing. (Hos. 8:12)
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2 Tim. 3:15‑17• 15and that from a child thou hast known the sacred letters, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
 16Every scripture is divinely inspired, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness;
 17that the man of God may be complete, fully fitted to every good work. (2 Tim. 3:15‑17)
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2 Peter 1:19‑21• 19And we have the prophetic word made surer, to which ye do well taking heed (as to a lamp shining in an obscure place) until the day dawn and the morning star arise in your hearts;
 20knowing this first, that the scope of no prophecy of scripture is had from its own particular interpretation,
 21for prophecy was not ever uttered by the will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:19‑21)
• The expression, “Have not I written to thee excellent things,” is a peculiar one. In the original, it is literally “have I not set them before thee in three ways” or, “a third time.” This is evidently in a superlative degree. “The excellent things in counsel and knowledge” are things of the highest value, beyond mere human wisdom. It is God Himself marking out the safe and right way in which His children should walk. (“Proverbs Twenty-Two” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,