22Proverbs 22

1A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.Select Proverbs 22:1

2The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.Select Proverbs 22:2

3A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.Select Proverbs 22:3

4The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.Select Proverbs 22:4

5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.Select Proverbs 22:7

8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.Select Proverbs 22:8

9He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.Select Proverbs 22:9

10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.Select Proverbs 22:10

11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.Select Proverbs 22:11

12The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.Select Proverbs 22:12

13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”Select Proverbs 22:13

14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.Select Proverbs 22:14

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.Select Proverbs 22:15

16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.Select Proverbs 22:16

17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.Select Proverbs 22:17

18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.Select Proverbs 22:18

19That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you.Select Proverbs 22:19

20Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,Select Proverbs 22:20

21To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?Select Proverbs 22:21

22Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;Select Proverbs 22:22

23for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.Select Proverbs 22:23

24Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:Select Proverbs 22:24

25lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul.Select Proverbs 22:25

26Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.Select Proverbs 22:26

27If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?Select Proverbs 22:27

28Don’t move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up.Select Proverbs 22:28

29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.Select Proverbs 22:29