Proverbs Chapter 22 Back Next{22:1} A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and
gold.
{22:2} The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
{22:3} A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
{22:4} The result of
humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
{22:5} Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
{22:8} He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
{22:9} He who has a generous eye will be
blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.
{22:10} Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
{22:11} He who loves purity of
heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.
{22:12} The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the un
faithful.
{22:13} The sluggard says, "There is a
lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
{22:14} The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it.
{22:15} Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
{22:16} Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
{22:17} Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
{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} That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.
{22:20} Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
{22:21} To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
{22:22} Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;
{22:23} for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
{22:24} Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:
{22:25} lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.
{22:26} Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for
debts.
{22:27} If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your
bed from under you?
{22:28} Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your
fathers have set up.
{22:29} Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.
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