Proverbs 22
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1 # [Eccles. 7:1] A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
2 # [ch. 29:13] The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is #ch. 14:31; Job 31:15the Maker of them all.
3 # ch. 27:12; [ch. 14:16] The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
4The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is #[ch. 21:20, 21]riches and honor and life.#22:4 Or The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life
5 # ch. 15:19 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever #ch. 21:23; [1 John 5:18]guards his soul will keep far from them.
6 #
Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 3:15 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 #
James 2:6
The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8Whoever #Job 4:8; [Hos. 10:13] sows injustice will reap calamity,
and #[Isa. 14:6; 30:31]the rod of his fury will fail.
9 # [ch. 19:17; 2 Cor. 9:6] Whoever has a bountiful#22:9 Hebrew good eye will be blessed,
for he #[ch. 19:17; Luke 14:13, 14]shares his bread with the poor.
10 # [Gen. 21:9, 10] Drive out a scoffer, #[ch. 26:20] and strife will go out,
and #ch. 26:20quarreling and abuse will cease.
11He who #[ch. 16:13; Ps. 101:6] loves purity of heart,
and whose #[Eccles. 10:12] speech is gracious, #[ch. 14:35]will have the king as his friend.
12The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he #ch. 21:12; [ch. 11:3]overthrows the words of the traitor.
13 # ch. 26:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
14The mouth of #See ch. 2:16 forbidden#22:14 Hebrew strange women is #[ch. 23:27] a deep pit;
#
Eccles. 7:26
he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but #See ch. 13:24the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, #ch. 28:22will only come to poverty.
Words of the Wise
17 # ch. 5:1 Incline your ear, and hear #ch. 1:6; 24:23 the words of the wise,
# [ch. 23:12] and apply your heart to my knowledge,
18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
19That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20Have I not written for you #ch. 8:6thirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21to #[Luke 1:3, 4]make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22 # [Ex. 23:6; Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5] Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or #See Job 5:4 crush the afflicted at #Job 31:21the gate,
23for #ch. 23:11; 1 Sam. 25:39; Ps. 12:5; 35:10; 68:5; 140:12; Jer. 51:36the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
24Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
26Be not one of those who #See Job 17:3give pledges,
who put up security for debts.
27If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should #[ch. 20:16; Ex. 22:26]your bed be taken from under you?
28Do not move the ancient #ch. 23:10; Deut. 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:2; Hos. 5:10landmark
that your fathers have set.
29Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will #1 Kgs. 10:8; See Gen. 41:46stand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
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Proverbs 22
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1 A good name is better than many riches. And good esteem is above silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.
3 The clever saw evil and hid himself. The innocent continued on and was afflicted with damage.
4 The end of moderation is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5 Weapons and swords are on the way of the perverse. But he who guards his own soul withdraws far from them.
6 The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 Whoever sows iniquity will reap evils, and by the rod of his own wrath he will be consumed.
9 Whoever is inclined to mercy shall be blessed, for from his bread he has given to the poor. Whoever gives gifts will acquire victory and honor. But he carries away the soul of the receiver.
10 Cast out the one who ridicules, and conflict will go out with him, and accusations and insults will cease.
11 Whoever loves cleanness of heart, because of the grace of his lips, will have the king as his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge. And the words of the iniquitous are supplanted.
13 The lazy one says: "There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets."
14 The mouth of a foreign woman is a deep pit; the Lord was angry with him who will fall into it.
15 Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
16 Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
17 Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
18 It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
19 so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
20 Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,
21 so that I might reveal to you, firmly and with words of truth, in order to respond about these things to those who sent you.
22 Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.
23 For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul.
24 Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,
25 lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
26 Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
27 For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
28 Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.
29 Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable.
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