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Pentecost Season · Proper 18 · Year B

Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23

A Good Name and Care for the Poor

September 5, 2027

The Gleaners, Jean-François Millet
The Gleaners, Jean-François Millet, 1857Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Three women bent over a field picking up what the harvest left. The painting outraged its first critics for dignifying the poorest workers in France.These readings are about leaving the edges of the field for the poor and about not grudging it, and the gleaners are the people that law exists for.Jean-François MilletA founder of the Barbizon school (1814-1875), who painted peasant labour at a scale previously reserved for history painting and was attacked as a political radical for it.Musée d'Orsay, ParisA railway station of 1900 converted into the museum of French art from 1848 to 1914, which is why its Impressionists stand under a train shed.Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 7:24-37Mk 7:24-37
EpistleJas. 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17Jas 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17
Old TestamentProv. 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23Prv 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23Alt. OTIsa. 35:4-7aIs 35:4-7a
PsalterPs. 125Ps 125Alt. PsalmPs. 146Ps 146

Overview & Insights

"A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold." (Proverbs 22:1)

A cluster of proverbs teaching that reputation and integrity outweigh wealth, that rich and poor alike are made by the Lord, and that God defends the poor against those who rob them.

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Take it further: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 (Year B)Commentary on Prv 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23 (Year B) Working Preacher

Luther Seminary's Year B commentary on these Proverbs about wealth and the poor.

Enduring Word: Proverbs 22Enduring Word: Prv 22 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse notes on Proverbs 22.

BibleHub Commentaries: Proverbs 22:1BibleHub Commentaries: Prv 22:1 BibleHub

Classic commentaries gathered on Proverbs 22.

Coffman Commentary: Proverbs 22Coffman Commentary: Prv 22 StudyLight

James Burton Coffman's commentary on Proverbs 22.

Background & Word Study

Matthew Henry: Proverbs 22Mt Henry: Prv 22 Bible Study Tools

Matthew Henry's classic exposition of Proverbs 22.

Sefaria: Proverbs 22 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Prv 22 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text of Proverbs 22 with traditional Jewish commentary.

Hebrew Interlinear: Proverbs 22:1Hebrew Interlinear: Prv 22:1 BibleHub

Hebrew interlinear with parsing for Proverbs 22.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Proverbs 22Catena: Prv 22 Catena

Patristic reflections on the sayings of Proverbs 22.

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