ASV - Proverbs - 22

22:1  Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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

22:3  A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

22:4  The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

22:5  Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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

22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

22:10  Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

22:12  The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

22:13  The sluggard saith, 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 Jehovah shall fall therein.

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

22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

22:17  Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

22:18  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.

22:19  That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

22:20  Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

22:21  To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

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

22:23  For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

22:24  Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

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

22:27  If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

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