Mishlei (Pro) 22
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1Rather than wealth, choose a good reputation,
esteem over silver and gold.
2Rich and poor have this in common —
Adonai made them both.
3The clever see trouble coming and hide;
the simple go on and pay the penalty.
4The reward for humility is fear of Adonai,
along with wealth, honor and life.
5Thorns and snares beset the way of the stubborn;
he who values his life keeps his distance from them.
6Train a child in the way he [should] go;
and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.
7The rich rule the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8He who sows injustice reaps trouble,
and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.
9He who is generous is blessed,
because he shares his food with the poor.
10Throw the scoffer out, and quarreling goes too;
strife and insults cease.
11He who loves the pure-hearted and is gracious in speech
will have the king as his friend.
12The eyes of Adonai protect [the man with] knowledge,
but he overturns the plans of a traitor.
13A lazy man says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed if I go out in the street!”
14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
the man with whom Adonai is angry falls into it.
15Doing wrong is firmly tied to the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away from him.
16Both oppressing the poor to enrich oneself
and giving to the rich yield only loss.
17Pay attention, and listen to the words of the wise;
apply your heart to my knowledge;
18for it is pleasant to keep them deep within you;
have all of them ready on your lips.
19I want your trust to be in Adonai;
this is why I’m instructing you about them today.
20I have written you worthwhile things
full of good counsel and knowledge,
21so you will know that these sayings are certainly true
and bring back true sayings to him who sent you.
22Don’t exploit the helpless, because they are helpless,
and don’t crush the poor in court,
23for Adonai will plead their case for them
and withhold life from those who defraud them.
24Don’t associate with an angry man;
make no hot-tempered man your companion.
25If you do, you may learn his ways
and find yourself caught in a trap.
26Don’t be one of those who give pledges,
guaranteeing loans made to others;
27for if you don’t have the wherewithal to pay,
they will take your bed away from underneath you.
28Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
set up by your ancestors.
29Do you see a man skilled at his work?
He will serve kings, not obscure people.
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1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go,
And even 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 calamity;
And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
11He that loveth pureness of heart,
For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
12The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;
But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
13The sluggard 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 Jehovah shall fall therein.
15Foolishness is bound up 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 gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,
If they be established together upon thy lips.
19That thy trust may be in Jehovah,
I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
20Have not I written unto thee excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
21To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,
That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor;
Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that despoil them.
24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
25Lest thou learn his ways,
And get a snare to thy soul.
26Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast not wherewith 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.
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