Proverbs 22

Proverbs 22:1 A good name is to be preferred to great wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: Yahveh makes them all.

Proverbs 22:3 A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the shallow keep going and are punished.

Proverbs 22:4 Humility, the fear of Yahveh, results in wealth, honor, and life.

Proverbs 22:5 There are thorns and snares on the road of the crooked; the one who guards his throat stays far from them.

Proverbs 22:6 Start a youth out on his road; even when he grows old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:8 The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 22:9 A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

Proverbs 22:10 Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarreling and dishonor will cease.

Proverbs 22:11 The one who loves a pure heart and gracious lips — the king is his friend.

Proverbs 22:12 Yahveh’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.

Proverbs 22:13 The idler says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Proverbs 22:14 The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by Yahveh will fall into it.

Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of training will separate it from him.

Proverbs 22:16 Exploiting the poor to enrich oneself and giving to the rich — both lead only to poverty.

Proverbs 22:17 Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.

Proverbs 22:18 For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.

Proverbs 22:19 I have instructed you today — even you — so that your confidence may be in Yahveh.

Proverbs 22:20 Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Proverbs 22:21 to teach you accurate and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who sent you?

Proverbs 22:22 Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed at the city gate,

Proverbs 22:23 for Yahveh will champion their cause and will rob the throat of those who rob them.

Proverbs 22:24 Don’t make friends with an angry person, and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,

Proverbs 22:25 or you will learn his ways and entangle your throat in a snare.

Proverbs 22:26 Don’t be one of those who enter into agreements, who put up security for loans.

Proverbs 22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.

Proverbs 22:28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker that your fathers set up.

Proverbs 22:29 Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of the unknown.

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