MKJV - Proverbs - 22

22:1  A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; and loving favor rather than silver or gold.

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

22:3  A prudent one 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 perverse; he who keeps 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 who sows iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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

22:10  Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.

22:11  He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king shall be his friend.

22:12  The eyes of the LORD keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

22:13  The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.

22:14  The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those despised by the LORD shall fall there.

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

22:16  He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.

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 all be fitted in your lips,

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

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

22:21  that I might make you know the sureness of the words of truth; to return the words of truth to those who send to you?

22:22  Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

22:23  for the LORD will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.

22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury,

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

22:26  Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

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

22:28  Do not remove the old landmark which your fathers have set.

22:29  Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown men.