Proverbs 22 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Pro 22:1

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

Pro 22:2

Pro 22:2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

Pro 22:3

Pro 22:3A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

Pro 22:4

Pro 22:4The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

Pro 22:5

Pro 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep 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 the slave of the lender.

Pro 22:8

Pro 22:8He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

Pro 22:9

Pro 22:9He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Pro 22:10

Pro 22:10Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

Pro 22:11

Pro 22:11He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.

Pro 22:12

Pro 22:12The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.

Pro 22:13

Pro 22:13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!"

Pro 22:14

Pro 22:14The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

Pro 22:15

Pro 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Pro 22:16

Pro 22:16He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.

Pro 22:17

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

Pro 22:18

Pro 22:18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Pro 22:19

Pro 22:19That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.

Pro 22:20

Pro 22:20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

Pro 22:21

Pro 22:21to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

Pro 22:22

Pro 22:22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

Pro 22:23

Pro 22:23for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.

Pro 22:24

Pro 22:24Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,

Pro 22:25

Pro 22:25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Pro 22:26

Pro 22:26Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

Pro 22:27

Pro 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Pro 22:28

Pro 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.

Pro 22:29

Pro 22:29Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

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