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A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold (22:1) The rich and poor meet together: the Lord [is] the maker of them all (22:2) A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished (22:3) By humility [and] the fear of the Lord [are] riches, and honour, and life (22:4) Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them (22:5) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (22:6) The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender (22:7) He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail (22:8) He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor (22:9) Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease (22:10) He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend (22:11) The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor (22:12) The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets (22:13) The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein (22:14) Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him (22:15) He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want (22:16) Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge (22:17) For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips (22:18) That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee (22:19) Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, (22:20) That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? (22:21) Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: (22:22) For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them (22:23) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: (22:24) Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul (22:25) Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts (22:26) If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? (22:27) Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set (22:28) Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men]
(22:29)
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