Proverbs 22 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 22

A good name

is more desirable

than great

riches;

favor

is better

than silver

and gold.

The rich

and the poor

have this in common:

the LORD

is the maker

of all.

The prudent

see

danger

and take cover,

but the simple

keep going

and suffer the consequences.

The rewards

of humility

and the fear

of the LORD

are wealth

and honor

and life.

Thorns

and snares

lie on the path

of the perverse;

he who guards

his soul

stays far

from them.

Train up

a child

in

the way

he should go,

and

when

he is old

he will not

depart

from it.

The rich

rule

over the poor,

and the borrower

is slave

to the lender.

He who sows

injustice

will reap disaster,

and the rod

of his fury

will be destroyed.

A generous man

will be blessed,

for

he shares

his food

with the poor.

Drive out

the mocker,

and conflict

will depart;

even quarreling

and insults

will cease.

He who loves

a pure heart

and gracious

lips

will have the king

for a friend.

The LORD’s

eyes

keep watch over

knowledge,

but He frustrates

the words

of the faithless.

The sluggard

says,

“There is a lion

outside!

I will be slain

in

the streets!”

The mouth

of an adulteress

is a deep

pit;

he who is cursed

by the LORD

will fall

into it.

Foolishness

is bound up

in the heart

of a child,

but the rod

of discipline

will drive it far

from him.

Oppressing

the poor

to enrich oneself,

or giving gifts

to the rich,

will surely lead

to poverty.

Incline

your ear

and hear

the words

of the wise—

apply

your mind

to my knowledge—

for

it is pleasing

when

you keep

them within you

and they are constantly

on

your lips.

So that your trust

may be

in the LORD,

I have instructed you

today,

even

you.

Have I not

written

for you

thirty sayings

about counsel

and knowledge,

to show you

TRUE

and reliable

words,

so that you can give

sound

answers

to those who sent you?

Do not

rob

a poor

man because

he

is poor,

and do not

crush

the afflicted

at the gate,

for

the LORD

will take up

their case

and will plunder

those who rob them.

Do not

make friends

with

an angry

man,

and do not

associate

with

a hot-tempered

man,

or

you may learn

his ways

and entangle

yourself

in a snare.

Do not

be

one who gives pledges,

who puts up security

for debts.

If

you have nothing

with which

to pay,

why

should your bed

be taken

from under you?

Do not

move

an ancient

boundary stone

which

your fathers

have set.

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.

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