Proverbs 22:1
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:3
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
Proverbs 22:4
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:8
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 22:9
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 22:10
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Proverbs 22:11
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
Proverbs 22:12
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
Proverbs 22:13
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Proverbs 22:17
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
Proverbs 22:18
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
Proverbs 22:19
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
Proverbs 22:20
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22:21
to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Proverbs 22:22
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
Proverbs 22:23
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Proverbs 22:24
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 22:25
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22:26
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
Proverbs 22:27
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:28
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Proverbs 22:29
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.