22Proverbs 22

1A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favor rather than silver and gold.Select Proverbs 22:1

2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.Select Proverbs 22:2

3A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.Select Proverbs 22:3

4By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honor, and life.Select Proverbs 22:4

5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.Select Proverbs 22:5

6Train up a child in the way he should go: and 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 the lender.Select Proverbs 22:7

8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.Select Proverbs 22:8

9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.Select Proverbs 22:9

10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.Select Proverbs 22:10

11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.Select Proverbs 22:11

12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.Select Proverbs 22:12

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

14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.Select Proverbs 22:14

15Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.Select Proverbs 22:15

16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches], [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.Select Proverbs 22:16

17Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.Select Proverbs 22:17

18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.Select Proverbs 22:18

19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.Select Proverbs 22:19

20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,Select Proverbs 22:20

21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?Select Proverbs 22:21

22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Select Proverbs 22:22

23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.Select Proverbs 22:23

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

25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.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 under thee?Select Proverbs 22:27

28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.Select Proverbs 22:28

29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].Select Proverbs 22:29