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
2The rich and the poor have this in common: # Lit poor meet
the Lord made them both. # Lit 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
4The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life. # Pr 15:33; 21:21; 29:23
5There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked; # Pr 7:23; 15:19
the one who guards himself stays far from them.
6Teach a youth about the way he should go; # Eph 6:4
even when he is 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 # 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 tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away 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, # 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 # 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 # 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 # Lit give dependable words # Lk 1:3-4
to those who sent you? # Pr 10:26; 25:13
22Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed # Ex 23:6; Jb 31:16; Zch 7:10; Mal 3:5 at the gate, # Ru 4:11; Pr 24:7; Zch 8:16
23for the Lord will take up their case # 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 man, # Lit with a master of anger
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man, # 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, # Lit who shakes hands
who put up security for loans. # Pr 6:1-5; 11:15; 17:18
27If you have no money 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 fathers set up. # Dt 19:14; 27:17; Jb 24:2; Pr 23:10; Hs 5:10
29Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men. # Gn 41:46; 1Kg 10:8; Pr 14:35
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Proverbs 22
22
1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. [Job 31:15; Prov. 14:31.]
3 A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].
4 The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.]
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.
9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]
10 Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease.
11 He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech–because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13 The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!
14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich–both will surely come to want.
17 Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
18 For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
19 So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you.
20 Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? [Luke 1:3, 4.]
22 Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.]
23 For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive [the poor or afflicted]. [Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5.]
24 Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate,
25 Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare.
26 Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up.
29 Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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