Proverbs 22
1 A good name is to be chosen aboue great riches, and louing fauour is aboue siluer and aboue golde.
A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold—good grace.
2 The rich and poore meete together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Rich and poor have met together, YHWH [is] the Maker of them all.
3 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
The prudent has seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
4 The rewarde of humilitie, and the feare of God is riches, and glory, and life.
The end of humility [is] the fear of YHWH, riches, and honor, and life.
5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that regardeth his soule, will depart farre from them.
Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoever is keeping his soul is far from them.
6 Teache a childe in the trade of his way, and when he is olde, he shall not depart from it.
Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he does not turn from it.
7 The rich ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruant to the man that lendeth.
The rich rules over the poor, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquitie, shall reape affliction, and the rodde of his anger shall faile.
Whoever is sowing perverseness reaps sorrow, And the rod of his anger wears out.
9 He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
The good of eye—he is blessed, For he has given of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproche shall cease.
Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, And strife and shame cease.
11 Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
Whoever is loving cleanness of heart, His lips [are] grace, A king [is] his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”
14 The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit, The abhorred of YHWH falls there.
15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of discipline puts it far from him.
16 Hee that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to pouertie.
He [who] is oppressing the poor to multiply his [riches], Is giving to the rich—only to want.
17 Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.
Incline your ear, and hear words of the wise, And set your heart to my knowledge,
18 For it shalbe pleasant, if thou keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed together in thy lippes.
For they are pleasant when you keep them in your heart, They are prepared together for your lips.
19 That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: thou therefore take heede.
That your trust may be in YHWH, I caused you to know today, even you.
20 Haue not I written vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written to you three times With counsels and knowledge?
21 That I might shewe thee the assurance of the wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth to them that sende to thee?
To cause you to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending you.
22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement.
Do not rob the poor because he [is] poor, And do not bruise the afflicted in the gate.
23 For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
For YHWH pleads their cause, And has spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
24 Make no friendship with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious man,
Do not show yourself friendly with an angry man, And do not go in with a man of fury,
25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
Lest you learn his paths, And have received a snare to your soul.
26 Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts.
Do not be among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
27 If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?
If you have nothing to pay, Why does he take your bed from under you?
28 Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.
Do not remove a border of ancient times, That your fathers have made.
29 Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.
Have you seen a man speedy in his business? He stations himself before kings, He does not station himself before obscure men!
