Footnotes

1. Proverbs 22:1 Like the preceding chapters, this last chapter of the second part of Proverbs collects—in no particular order—observations on the life of human beings, reflections of moralists, and affirmations of believers. Thus, for better or worse and in spite of contradictions, we are presented with a certain image of the life and behavior of those who cling to true values, i.e., to the wisdom that God inspires in human beings.
2. Proverbs 22:1 Honorable name: see also Prov 3:4; 10:7; Eccl 7:1. Preferable to silver and gold: the same is true of the possession of wisdom (see Prov 3:14; 16:16).