Proverbs Chapter 22

22 : 1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

22 : 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

22 : 3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

22 : 4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

22 : 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

22 : 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

22 : 7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

22 : 8 He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

22 : 9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

22 : 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

22 : 11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

22 : 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.

22 : 13 The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

22 : 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

22 : 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

22 : 16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

22 : 17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

22 : 18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.

22 : 19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

22 : 20 Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

22 : 21 That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you?

22 : 22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

22 : 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

22 : 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:

22 : 25 Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.

22 : 26 Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

22 : 27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

22 : 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.

22 : 29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.