< Proverbs 22 >
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, loving favor rather than silver and gold.
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet together. Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself, but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches and honor and life.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He who loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the king will be his friend.
He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13 The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit. He who is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall in it.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, and he who gives to a rich man, comes only to want.
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.
Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.
19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
20 Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge,
Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21 to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee?
That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you?
22 Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, and thou shall not go with a wrathful man,
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
25 lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
26 Be thou not one of those who strike hands, or of those who are sureties for debts.
Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou have not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
29 See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.