Proverbs 22 — King James Version

A {good} name {is} rather to be chosen than great riches, {and} loving favour rather than silver and gold. {loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}● The rich and poor meet together: the LORD {is} the maker of them all.● A prudent {man} foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.● By humility {and} the fear of the LORD {are} riches, and honour, and life. {By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}● Thorns {and} snares {are} in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.● Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}● The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower {is} servant to the lender. {the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}● He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. {the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}● He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. {He that...: Heb. Good of eye}● Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.● He that loveth pureness of heart, {for} the grace of his lips the king {shall be} his friend. {for...: or, and hath grace in his lips}● The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. {the words: or, the matters}● The slothful {man} 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 the LORD shall fall therein.● Foolishness {is} bound 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 {riches, and} he that giveth to the rich, {shall} surely {come} to want.● Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.● For {it is} a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. {within...: Heb. in thy belly}● That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. {even...: or, trust thou also}● Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,● That 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? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}● Rob not the poor, because he {is} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:● For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.● Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:● Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.● Be not thou {one} of them that strike hands, {or} of them that are sureties for debts.● If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?● Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. {landmark: or, bound}● Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean {men}. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}●