Proverbs 22 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

The Value of a Good Name

Pro 22:1

Pro 22:1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

Pro 22:2

Pro 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common,
The LORD is the maker of them all.

Pro 22:3

Pro 22:3A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.

Pro 22:4

Pro 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD
Are riches and honor and life.

Pro 22:5

Pro 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

Pro 22:6

Pro 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

Pro 22:7

Pro 22:7The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Pro 22:8

Pro 22:8He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,
And the rod of his anger will fail.

Pro 22:9

Pro 22:9He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

Pro 22:10

Pro 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

Pro 22:11

Pro 22:11He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

Pro 22:12

Pro 22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

Pro 22:13

Pro 22:13The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”

Pro 22:14

Pro 22:14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.

Pro 22:15

Pro 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

Pro 22:16

Pro 22:16He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Sayings of the Wise

Pro 22:17

Pro 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;

Pro 22:18

Pro 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

Pro 22:19

Pro 22:19So that your trust may be in the LORD;
I have instructed you today, even you.

Pro 22:20

Pro 22:20Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,

Pro 22:21

Pro 22:21That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
That you may answer words of truth
To those who send to you?

Pro 22:22

Pro 22:22Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

Pro 22:23

Pro 22:23For the LORD will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

Pro 22:24

Pro 22:24Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,

Pro 22:25

Pro 22:25Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

Pro 22:26

Pro 22:26Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is surety for debts;

Pro 22:27

Pro 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

Pro 22:28

Pro 22:28Do not remove the ancient landmark
Which your fathers have set.

Pro 22:29

Pro 22:29Do you see a man who excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before unknown men.

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