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Proverbs 22:6 (NIV)
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:1 (NIV)
A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
Proverbs 22:2 (NIV)
Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:3 (NIV)
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)
Humility is the fear of the Lord ; its wages are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:5 (NIV)
In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
Proverbs 22:7 (NIV)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:8 (NIV)
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
Proverbs 22:9 (NIV)
The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
Proverbs 22:10 (NIV)
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
Proverbs 22:11 (NIV)
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
Proverbs 22:12 (NIV)
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Proverbs 22:13 (NIV)
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
Proverbs 22:14 (NIV)
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord ’s wrath falls into it.
Proverbs 22:15 (NIV)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
Proverbs 22:16 (NIV)
One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:17 (NIV)
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
Proverbs 22:18 (NIV)
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
Proverbs 22:19 (NIV)
So that your trust may be in the Lord , I teach you today, even you.
Proverbs 22:20 (NIV)
Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22:21 (NIV)
teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
Proverbs 22:22 (NIV)
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 22:23 (NIV)
for the Lord will take up their case and will exact life for life.
Proverbs 22:24 (NIV)
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
Proverbs 22:25 (NIV)
or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.