Proverbs — Chapter 22
King James Version · 29 verses
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1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.→2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.→3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.→4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.→5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.→6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.→7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.→8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.→9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.→10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.→11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.→12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.→13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.→14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.→15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.→16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.→17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.→18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.→19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.→20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,→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 unto thee?→22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:→23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.→24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:→25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.→26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.→27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?→28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.→29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.→