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] foreseeth the evil, and hideth 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 froward: he that doth 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 ruleth 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 soweth 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 hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth 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 loveth 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 overthroweth 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] saith, [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 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 make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine 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 thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy 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 thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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 thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written for thee noble things, with 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?
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 thou shalt not go:
Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike 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 thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
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 prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.
