Proverbs 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

On Life and Conduct

Pro 22:1

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,

And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Pro 22:2

The rich and the poor meet together:

Jehovah is the maker of them all.

Pro 22:3

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;

But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

Pro 22:4

The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah

Is riches, and honor, and life.

Pro 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:

He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

Pro 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go,

And even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Pro 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor;

And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Pro 22:8

He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;

And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

Pro 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;

For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Pro 22:10

Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;

Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

Pro 22:11

He that loveth pureness of heart,

For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

Pro 22:12

The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;

But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

Pro 22:13

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;

I shall be slain in the streets.

Pro 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;

He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

Pro 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Pro 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,

And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

Pro 22:17

Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,

And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

Pro 22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,

If they be established together upon thy lips.

Pro 22:19

That thy trust may be in Jehovah,

I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

Pro 22:20

Have not I written unto thee excellent things

Of counsels and knowledge,

Pro 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?

Pro 22:22

Rob not the poor, because he is poor;

Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Pro 22:23

For Jehovah will plead their cause,

And despoil of life those that despoil them.

Pro 22:24

Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;

And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

Pro 22:25

Lest thou learn his ways,

And get a snare to thy soul.

Pro 22:26

Be thou not one of them that strike hands,

Or of them that are sureties for debts.

Pro 22:27

If thou hast not wherewith to pay,

Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Pro 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark,

Which thy fathers have set.

Pro 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;

He shall not stand before mean men.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Proverbs 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

On Life and Conduct

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