Proverbs 22:4
The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Finis modestiæ timor Domini, divitiæ, et gloria, et vita.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- γενεὰ σοφίας φόβος Κυρίου καὶ πλοῦτος καὶ δόξα καὶ ζωή.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- עֵ֣קֶב עֲ֭נָוָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְכָב֣וֹד וְחַיִּֽים
Haydock's commentary
Fruit. Literally, "the end of modesty, (Haydock) or moderation, which must accompany every virtue.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
Clement of Alexandria The Stromata, or Miscellanies, Chapter XXVII. The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims at the Good of Men
And to prove that example corrects, he says directly to the purpose: “A clever man, when he seeth the wicked punished, will himself be severely chastised, for the fear of the Lord is the source of wisdom.”