Webster - Proverbs - 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] foreseeth the evil, and hideth 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 froward: he that doth 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 ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger 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 scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

22:11  He that loveth 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 overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

22:13  The slothful [man] 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 by 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 oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches], [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

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

22:18  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

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

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

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

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 thou shalt not go:

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

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

22:27  If thou hast nothing 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].