22:1  A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

22:2  The rich and the poor have this in common,
The LORD is the maker of them all.

22:3  A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on 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 his soul will 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 servant to the lender.

22:8  He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,
And the rod of his anger will fail.

22:9  He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

22:10  Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

22:11  He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

22:13  The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”

22:14  The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.

22:15  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

22:16  He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

22:17  Incline 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;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

22:19  So that your trust may be in the LORD;
I have instructed you today, even you.

22:20  Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,

22:21  That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
That you may answer words of truth
To those who send to you?

22:22  Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,

22:25  Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

22:26  Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is surety for debts;

22:27  If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

22:28  Do not remove the ancient landmark
Which your fathers have set.

22:29  Do you see a man who excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before unknown men.