Proverbs 22
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1A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.#Pr 10:7; 8:10; Ec 7:1
2Rich and poor have this in common:#22:2 Lit poor meet
the Lord makes them all.#Jb 31:13,15; Pr 29:13
3A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.#Pr 14:16; 27:12; Is 26:20
4Humility, the fear of the Lord,
results in wealth, honor, and life.#Pr 15:33; 21:21; 29:23
5There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked;#Pr 7:23; 15:19
the one who guards himself stays far from them.
6Start a youth out on his way;#Eph 6:4
even when he grows old he will not depart from it.
7The rich rule over the poor,#Pr 18:23; Jms 2:6
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.#Dt 28:12–13
8The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,#Jb 4:8; Hs 10:13–14
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9A generous person#22:9 Lit Good of eye will be blessed,#Pr 19:17; 2Co 9:6
for he shares his food with the poor.#Lk 14:13–14
10Drive out a mocker,#Gn 21:9–10 and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.#Pr 26:20
11The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips — the king is his friend.#Pr 16:13
12The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!” #Pr 26:13
14The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.#Pr 2:16–19; 7:5,21,27; 23:27–28; Ec 7:26
15Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth;
a rod of discipline will separate it from him.#Pr 13:24; 23:13–14; 29:15
16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich — both lead only to poverty.#Pr 11:24; 22:7; 28:27
Words of the Wise
17Listen closely,#22:17 Lit Stretch out your ear pay attention to the words of the wise,#Pr 5:1
and apply your mind to my knowledge.
18For it is pleasing if you keep them within you
and if they are#22:18 Or you; let them be, or you, so that they are constantly on your lips.
19I have instructed you today — even you —
so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
20Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings#22:20 Text emended; one Hb tradition reads you previously; alt Hb tradition reads you excellent things; LXX, Syr, Vg read you three times
about counsel and knowledge,
21in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report#22:21 Lit give dependable words#Lk 1:3–4
to those who sent you?#Pr 10:26; 25:13
22Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed#Ex 23:6; Jb 31:16; Zch 7:10; Mal 3:5 at the city gate,#Ru 4:11; Pr 24:7; Zch 8:16
23for the Lord will champion their cause#1Sm 25:39; Ps 12:5; 35:10; 68:5; 140:12; Pr 23:10–11; Is 3:13–15
and will plunder those who plunder them.
24Don’t make friends with an angry person,#22:24 Lit with a master of anger
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,#Pr 15:18; 19:19
25or you will learn his ways#1Co 15:33
and entangle yourself in a snare.
26Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,#22:26 Lit Don’t be among hand slappers
who put up security for loans.#Pr 6:1–5; 11:15; 17:18
27If you have nothing with which to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.#Ex 22:26; Pr 20:16
28Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your ancestors set up.#Dt 19:14; 27:17; Jb 24:2; Pr 23:10; Hs 5:10
29Do you see a person skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of the unknown.#Gn 41:46; 1Kg 10:8; Pr 14:35
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Proverbs 22
22
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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