Proverbs 22
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is preferable to abundant riches, and good grace, to silver and to gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together: Yhwh is the maker of them all.
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The prudent foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of Yhwh are riches, and honour, and life.
The reward of humility [and] the fear of the Lord are riches and honor, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares are on the way of a perverse man: he that doth guard his soul will keep 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 up the lad in accordance with his course: even when he groweth old, will he not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
A rich man ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the man that lendeth.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God's wrath will not fail.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
A man of a benevolent eye will indeed be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Drive away the scorner, and strife will go off; and then will cease contention and dishonor.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
He that loveth with a pure heart, and hath grace on his lips, will have the king as his friend.
12 The eyes of Yhwh preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, and he overturneth the words of the treacherous.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of Yhwh shall fall therein.
A deep pit is the mouth of adulterous women: he that hath obtained the indignation of the Lord will fall thereinto.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
When folly is bound fast to the heart of a lad, the rod of correction must remove 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.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, [must at length] give to the rich, and come only to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thy bosom, if they be altogether firmly seated upon thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in Yhwh, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
That thy trust may be in the Lord, have I made them known to thee this day, yea, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have not I written for 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 unto thee?
That I might make thee know rectitude, the sayings of truth; that thou mightest bring back answers of truth to those that send thee?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither crush the afflicted in the gate;
23 For Yhwh will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil the life of those that despoil them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Make no friendship with a man given to anger; and with a man of fury thou must have no intercourse:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare for thy own soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not one of those that pledge their hand, or of those that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If thou have nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have established.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Seest thou a man that is diligent in his work? before kings may he place himself: let him not place himself before obscure men.
