Proverbs 22:1-29
[1]A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
[2]The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. [Job 31:15; Prov. 14:31.]
[3]A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].
[4]The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
[5]Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.
[6]Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.]
[7]The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
[8]He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.
[9]He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]
[10]Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease.
[11]He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speechโbecause of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend.
[12]The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
[13]The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!
[14]The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it.
[15]Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
[16]He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the richโboth will surely come to want.
[17]Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
[18]For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
[19]So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you.
[20]Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
[21]To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? [Luke 1:3, 4.]
[22]Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.]
[23]For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive [the poor or afflicted]. [Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5.]
[24]Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate,
[25]Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare.
[26]Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another’s debts.
[27]If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
[28]Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up.
[29]Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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