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Proverbs 22
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
A good name is more desirable than great riches,
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor have this in common:
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
The result of humility and the fear of the LORD
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go,
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rule over the poor.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed (note: LXX includes God blesses a cheerful and generous man, but foolish works will come to an end; see also 2 Corinthians 9:7.).
He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge,
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
I teach you today, even you,
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
Have I not written for you thirty sayings (note: Or written for you excellent sayings or written for you three times) about counsel and knowledge,
To teach you truth, reliable words,
to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
for the LORD will plead their case,
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
If you don’t have means to pay,
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Do you see a man skilled in his work?
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.