3d • Wisdom
Riches from Humility
‘By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.’ Proverbs 22:4
Proverbs 22:4 reveals a divine order that runs contrary to human instinct. The world teaches self-promotion, ambition, and control as the path to success, but Scripture teaches humility and reverence for God as the true foundation of blessing. Humility here is not weakness, but submission—placing oneself rightly under God’s authority and resisting pride, which Scripture consistently portrays as destructive.
The fear of the LORD is inseparable from humility. Proverbs 9:10 declares, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,” establishing reverence for God as the starting point of a rightly ordered life. Likewise, Proverbs 15:33 teaches, “Before honour is humility,” showing that true elevation always follows surrender. To fear the Lord is to take Him seriously—to regard His commands as weighty and His presence as real. It produces teachability, repentance, and obedience, all of which shape a life God can trust with increase. Without fear of the Lord, humility becomes mere self-restraint; with it, humility becomes worship.
The promise attached to this posture is striking: “riches, and honour, and life.” (Proverbs 22:4) These blessings are not always material or immediate, but they are always real. Proverbs 3:16 affirms this same pattern by saying, “Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.” In harmony with this, Proverbs 10:22 adds, “The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.” What God gives through humility carries peace rather than regret, stability rather than anxiety, and purpose rather than emptiness.
Practically, Proverbs 22:4 reshapes how a believer approaches ambition, success, and daily choices. It calls for a heart that listens before it leads, prays before it plans, and obeys before it advances. James reinforces this truth in James 4:6 when he writes, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.” Grace—not hustle or control—is the true engine of lasting fruit.
Ultimately, this verse points beyond earthly gain to eternal life itself. Jesus taught in Matthew 23:12, “Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” Humility and fear of the Lord align a person with God’s kingdom order, where surrender precedes elevation and obedience precedes blessing. Those who walk this path may move slower in the eyes of the world, but they walk securely in the favour of God, inheriting riches, honour, and life that no circumstance can take away.
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