Proverbs 22

^{Proverbs 22:1} A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

^{Proverbs 22:2} The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

^{Proverbs 22:3} The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

^{Proverbs 22:4} The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

^{Proverbs 22:5} Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

^{Proverbs 22:6} Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

^{Proverbs 22:7} The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

^{Proverbs 22:8} He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

^{Proverbs 22:9} A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

^{Proverbs 22:10} Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

^{Proverbs 22:11} He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

^{Proverbs 22:12} The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

^{Proverbs 22:13} The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

^{Proverbs 22:14} The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

^{Proverbs 22:15} Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

^{Proverbs 22:16} Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

^{Proverbs 22:17} Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—

^{Proverbs 22:18} for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

^{Proverbs 22:19} So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

^{Proverbs 22:20} Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

^{Proverbs 22:21} to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

^{Proverbs 22:22} Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

^{Proverbs 22:23} for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

^{Proverbs 22:24} Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

^{Proverbs 22:25} or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

^{Proverbs 22:26} Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

^{Proverbs 22:27} If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

^{Proverbs 22:28} Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

^{Proverbs 22:29} Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.