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