ASV Proverbs Chapter 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 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 Is riches, and honor, and life. 22:5 Thorns and snares 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, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. 22:12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; 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; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he 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 made them known 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 this ways, And get a snare to thy soul. 22:26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of 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.