Proverbs 22:4 (DBY)

Passage

The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

Nearby Context

Proverbs 22:2 The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:3 A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 22:4 The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

Proverbs 22:5 Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

Proverbs 22:6 Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "reward", "humility", "fear", "jehovah", "riches", "honour", and "life". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "reward" and "humility", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "A prudent man seeth the evil and..." into verse 5's "Thorns and snares are in the way...", so "reward" and "humility" belong inside that flow. In Proverbs context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "reward" and "humility" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.