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A verse pairing posture and outcome lands in Proverbs 22:4: The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, honor, and life (v. 4). Solomon stacks three goods on the same foundation.
Humility and the fear of the LORD are placed together because they describe one person from two angles. Humility is how he holds himself. Fear of the LORD is how he holds God. The two go together because a man who rightly sees God cannot continue to overestimate himself.
Riches, honor, and life name the reward in three. Solomon does not promise these as automatic transactions. The book elsewhere shows the wicked sometimes prosper and the righteous sometimes suffer. He names a real direction: the life ordered by humility before the LORD tends, over time, toward genuine flourishing in resources, standing, and length of days. Compare Matthew 6:33, where seeking first the kingdom is followed by the rest being added.
Used with permission from TheBibleSays.com.
You can access the original article here:Proverbs 22:4 Meaning
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