22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver or gold. |
22:2 The rich and poor meet together, but the LORD is the maker of them all. |
22:3 A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the thoughtless plow ahead and are punished. |
22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches and honor and life. |
22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself shall be far from them. |
22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. |
22:8 He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity, and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
22:9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. |
22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, quarreling and abuse shall cease. |
22:11 He who loves pureness of heart, on whose lips is grace, the king shall be his friend. |
22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor. |
22:13 The lazy one says, "There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets." |
22:14 The mouth of wanton women is a deep pit; he who is cursed by the LORD shall fall therein. |
22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. |
22:16 He who oppresses the poor to multiply riches for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only comes to poverty. |
22:17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge; |
22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; if all of them are ready on your lips, |
22:19 So that your trust may be in the LORD; I have made them known to you this day, even to you. |
22:20 Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge |
22:21 That I might make you know the sureness of the words of truth, so that you might bring back the words of truth to those who send you? |
22:22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, nor oppress the afflicted in the gate; |
22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause and despoil those who plunder them. |
22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go with a furious man, |
22:25 Lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. |
22:26 Be not one of those who strike hands, or of those who are sureties for debts. |
22:27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? |
22:28 Do not remove the old landmark which your fathers have set. |
22:29 Do you see a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men. |