UKJV - Proverbs - 22

22:1  A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour 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 forsees 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 honour, and life.

22:5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: 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; yea, 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 says, 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 lack.

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

22:18  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall likewise 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 unto 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 shake 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.