< Proverbs 22 >
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
[is to be] chosen A name more than wealth great more than silver and more than gold favor good.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
[the] rich And [the] poor they meet together [is the] maker of all of them Yahweh.
3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
A sensible [person] - he sees trouble (and he hides himself *Q(K)*) and naive people they pass on and they are punished.
4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
[the] consequence of Humility [the] fear of Yahweh [is] wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Thorns snares [are] in [the] path of a perverse [person] [one who] guards self his he will 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.
Train the youth on [the] mouth of way his also if he will be old not he will turn aside from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
A rich [person] over poor [people] he rules and [is] a servant a borrower of a person a lender.
8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
[one who] sows Unrighteousness (he will reap *Q(k)*) trouble and [the] rod of fury his it will end.
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
A [person] good of eye he he will be blessed for he gives some of food his to poor [person].
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Drive out a mocker so may go out strife so may cease dispute and shame.
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
[one who] loves (Pure of *Q(K)*) heart [the] grace of lips his [is] friend his a king.
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
[the] eyes of Yahweh they preserve knowledge and he has subverted [the] words of [one who] acts treacherously.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the street in [the] midst of [the] open places I will be killed.
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
[is] a pit Deep [the] mouth of strange [women] [one who] is cursed of Yahweh (he will fall *Q(k)*) there.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Foolishness [is] bound in [the] heart of a youth a rod of discipline it will put far away it from him.
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
[one who] oppresses [the] poor To increase for himself [one who] gives to a rich [person] only to poverty.
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— apply your mind to my knowledge—
Incline ear your and hear [the] words of wise [people] and heart your you will set to knowledge my.
18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
For [will be] pleasant that you will keep them in belly your they will be prepared together on lips your.
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
To be in Yahweh trust your I teach you this day even you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
¿ Not have I written for you (officers *Q(K)*) counsels and knowledge.
21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
To make known to you [the] truth of words of faithfulness to bring back words faithfulness to [those who] sent you.
22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
May not you rob a poor [person] for [is] poor he and may not you crush a poor [person] at the gate.
23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
For Yahweh he will conduct case their and he will rob [those who] rob them life.
24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
May not you associate with a master of anger and with a person of rage not you must go.
25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Lest you should learn (ways his *Q(K)*) and you will take a snare for self your.
26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
May not you be among [those who] strike a palm among [those who] stand surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
If not [belongs] to you to pay why? will anyone take bed your from under you.
28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
May not you displace a boundary of antiquity which they made ancestors your.
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.
You see a person - skilled in work his before kings he will take his stand not he will take his stand before insignificant [people].