22Proverbs 22

CHAP. XXII.

1A good name is rather to be chosen then great riches, and louing fauour rather then siluer & golde.Select Proverbs 22:1

2The rich and poore meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.Select Proverbs 22:2

3A prudent man foreseeth the euill, and hideth himselfe: but the simple passe on, and are punished.Select Proverbs 22:3

4By humilitie and the feare of the Lord, are riches, and honour, and life.Select Proverbs 22:4

5Thornes and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doeth keepe his soule, shalbe farre from them.Select Proverbs 22:5

6Traine vp a childe in the way he should goe: and when he is olde, hee will not depart from it.Select Proverbs 22:6

7The rich ruleth ouer the poore, and the borrower is seruant to the lender.Select Proverbs 22:7

8Hee that soweth iniquitie, shall reape vanitie: and the rodde of his anger shall faile.Select Proverbs 22:8

9Hee that hath a bountifull eye, shall bee blessed: for hee giueth of his bread to the poore.Select Proverbs 22:9

10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall goe out; yea strife, and reproch shall cease.Select Proverbs 22:10

11He that loueth purenesse of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.Select Proverbs 22:11

12The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge, and he ouerthroweth the words of the transgressour.Select Proverbs 22:12

13The slothfull man sayth, There is a lyon without, I shall be slaine in the streetes.Select Proverbs 22:13

14The mouth of strange women is a deepe pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.Select Proverbs 22:14

15Foolishnesse is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shal driue it farre from him.Select Proverbs 22:15

16Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase his riches, and he that giueth to the rich, shall surely come to want.Select Proverbs 22:16

17Bow downe thine eare, and heare the words of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.Select Proverbs 22:17

18For it is a pleasant thing, if thou keepe them within thee; they shall withall be fitted in thy lippes.Select Proverbs 22:18

19That thy trust may bee in the Lord, I haue made knowen to thee this day, euen to thee.Select Proverbs 22:19

20Haue not I written to thee excellent things in counsailes and knowledge:Select Proverbs 22:20

21That I might make thee knowe the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answere the words of trueth to them that send vnto thee?Select Proverbs 22:21

22Rob not the poore because he is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in the gate.Select Proverbs 22:22

23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoile the soule of those that spoiled them.Select Proverbs 22:23

24Make no friendship with an angrie man: and with a furious man thou shalt not goe;Select Proverbs 22:24

25Lest thou learne his wayes, and get a snare to thy soule.Select Proverbs 22:25

26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.Select Proverbs 22:26

27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from vnder thee?Select Proverbs 22:27

28Remoue not the ancient land marke, which thy fathers haue set.Select Proverbs 22:28

29Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.Select Proverbs 22:29