22Proverbs 22

1A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.Select Proverbs 22:1

2The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.Select Proverbs 22:2

3The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.Select Proverbs 22:3

4The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.Select Proverbs 22:4

5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.Select Proverbs 22:5

6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it.Select Proverbs 22:6

7The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.Select Proverbs 22:7

8He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.Select Proverbs 22:8

9He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.Select Proverbs 22:9

10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.Select Proverbs 22:10

11He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.Select Proverbs 22:11

12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.Select Proverbs 22:12

13The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.Select Proverbs 22:13

14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.Select Proverbs 22:14

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.Select Proverbs 22:15

16He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.Select Proverbs 22:16

17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:Select Proverbs 22:17

18Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:Select Proverbs 22:18

19That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.Select Proverbs 22:19

20Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:Select Proverbs 22:20

21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.Select Proverbs 22:21

22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:Select Proverbs 22:22

23Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.Select Proverbs 22:23

24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:Select Proverbs 22:24

25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.Select Proverbs 22:25

26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:Select Proverbs 22:26

27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed?Select Proverbs 22:27

28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.Select Proverbs 22:28

29Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.Select Proverbs 22:29