Proverbs 22:1
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 22:4
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:7
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:8
He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Proverbs 22:9
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 22:11
He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs 22:17
Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.
Proverbs 22:19
That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
Proverbs 22:20
Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Proverbs 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?
Proverbs 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
Proverbs 22:25
Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
Proverbs 22:26
Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 22:27
If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:29
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.