19 I have instructed you today—even you—
so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
20 Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings[a]
about counsel and knowledge,
21 in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report[b](A)
to those who sent you?(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:20 Text emended; one Hb tradition reads you previously; alt Hb tradition reads you excellent things; LXX, Syr, Vg read you three times
  2. Proverbs 22:21 Lit give dependable words

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