Proverbs 22:4
New International Version
Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.

New Living Translation
True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life.

English Standard Version
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

Berean Standard Bible
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

King James Bible
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

New King James Version
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

New American Standard Bible
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor, and life.

NASB 1995
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.

NASB 1977
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.

Legacy Standard Bible
The reward of humility—the fear of Yahweh— Is riches, glory, and life.

Amplified Bible
The reward of humility [that is, having a realistic view of one’s importance] and the [reverent, worshipful] fear of the LORD Is riches, honor, and life.

Christian Standard Bible
Humility, the fear of the LORD, results in wealth, honor, and life.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The result of humility is fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life.

American Standard Version
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The pursuers of humility: the awe of LORD JEHOVAH, wealth, honor and Life.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.

Contemporary English Version
Respect and serve the LORD! Your reward will be wealth, a long life, and honor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

English Revised Version
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD is riches, and honour, and life.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the heels of humility (the fear of the LORD) are riches and honor and life.

Good News Translation
Obey the LORD, be humble, and you will get riches, honor, and a long life.

International Standard Version
The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, Even riches, and honour, and life.

Literal Standard Version
The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, riches, and honor, and life.

Majority Standard Bible
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

New American Bible
The result of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.

NET Bible
The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.

New Revised Standard Version
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

New Heart English Bible
The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.

Webster's Bible Translation
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

World English Bible
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.

Young's Literal Translation
The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

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Context
A Good Name
3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. 4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. 5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.…

Cross References
1 Timothy 4:8
For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

Proverbs 21:20
Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Proverbs 29:23
A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.

Proverbs 31:30
Charm is deceptive and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.


Treasury of Scripture

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

by the reward of humility

Proverbs 3:16
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

Proverbs 21:21
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Psalm 34:9,10
O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him…

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(4) By humility and the fear of the Lord.--Rather, by (or, the reward of) humility is the fear of the Lord. He guides the humble and teaches them His fear. (Comp. Psalm 25:9.)

Honour, and life.--Comp. Proverbs 21:21.

Verse 4. - By humility and the fear of the Lord, etc. This does not seem to be the best rendering of the original. The word rendered "by" (עֵקֶב ekeb), "in reward of," is also taken as the subject of the sentence: "The reward of humility ['and,' or, 'which is'] the fear of God, is riches," etc. There is no copulative in the clause, and a similar asyndeton occurs in ver. 5; so there is no reason why we should not regard the clause in this way. Thus Revised Version, Nowack, and others. But Delitzsch makes the first hemistich a concluded sentence, which the second member carries on thus: "The reward of humility is the fear of the Lord; it [the reward of humility] is at the same time riches," etc. Vulgate, Finis modestiae timor Domini, divitiae et gloria et vita; Septuagint, "The generation (γενεὰ) of wisdom is the fear of the Lord, and wealth," etc. It is preferable to translate as above, taking the two expressed virtues as appositional, thus: "The reward of humility, the fear of the Lord." Humility brings with it true religion, which is expressed by "the fear of the Lord." The feeling of dependence, the lowly opinion of self, the surrender of the will, the conviction of sin, all effects which are connected with humility, may well be represented by this term, "the fear of God," which, in another aspect, is itself the source of every virtue and every blessing; it is riches, and honour, and life. These are God's gifts, the guerdon of faithful service (see notes on Proverbs 3:16 and Proverbs 21:21; and comp. Proverbs 8:18). The Easterns have a pretty maxim, "The bending of the humble is the graceful droop of the branches laden with fruit." And again, "Fruitful trees bend down; the wise stoop; a dry stick and a fool can be broken, not bent" (Lane).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The rewards
עֵ֣קֶב (‘ê·qeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6118: A heel, the last of anything, result, compensation, on account of

of humility
עֲ֭נָוָה (‘ă·nā·wāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6038: Condescension

[and] the fear
יִרְאַ֣ת (yir·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence

of the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

[are] wealth
עֹ֖שֶׁר (‘ō·šer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6239: Wealth

and honor
וְכָב֣וֹד (wə·ḵā·ḇō·wḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

and life.
וְחַיִּֽים׃ (wə·ḥay·yîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life


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