Proverbs Chapter 22 of 31 about 2 min read

Proverbs 22

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Verse 1. A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Verse 2. The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Verse 3. The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Verse 4. The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

Verse 5. Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Verse 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Verse 7. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Verse 8. He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Verse 9. A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Verse 10. Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

Verse 11. He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Verse 12. The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Verse 13. The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Verse 14. The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Verse 15. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Verse 16. Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Verse 17. Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

Verse 18. for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Verse 19. So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

Verse 20. Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Verse 21. to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

Verse 22. Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Verse 23. for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

Verse 24. Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

Verse 25. or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Verse 26. Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Verse 27. If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Verse 28. Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

Verse 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.