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.
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