Proverbs 22 — American Standard Version

A `good' name is rather to be chosen than great riches, `And' loving favor rather than silver and gold.● The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.● A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.● The reward of humility `and' the fear of Jehovah `Is' riches, and honor, and life.● Thorns `and' snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.● Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.● The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.● He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.● He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.● Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.● He that loveth pureness of heart, `For' the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.● The eyes of Jehovah preserve `him that hath' knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.● The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.● The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.● Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; `But' the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.● He that oppresseth the poor to increase his `gain', `And' he that giveth to the rich, `shall come' only to want.● Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.● For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.● That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made `them' known to thee this day, even to thee.● Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,● To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?● Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:● For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.● Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:● Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.● Be thou not one of them that strike hands, `Or' of them that are sureties for debts.● If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?● Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.● Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.●