Proverbs 22
1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.
3 A prudent man forsees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
Thorns and snares, are in the way of the perverse, —he that guardeth 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.
Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, —and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
8 He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, —because he hath given 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 scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.
11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
13 The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to lack.
He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.
Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall likewise be fitted in your lips.
For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.
19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:
21 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 unto you?
To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
25 Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not you one of them that shake hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.
