Proverbs 16:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.

Proverbs 16:20 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:7-8
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. …
Isaiah 30:18
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Psalms 2:12
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. …
Psalms 34:8
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20)

Note, 1. Prudence gains men respect and success: He that handles a matter wisely (that is master of his trade and makes it to appear he understands what he undertakes, that is considerate in his affairs, and, when he speaks or writes on any subject, does it pertinently) shall find good, shall come into good repute, and perhaps may make a good hand of it. 2. But it is piety only that will secure me…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 20)

20. handleth a matter--wisely considers “the word,” that is, of God (compare Pr 13:13). trusteth--(Compare Psa 2:12; 118:8, 9).