Proverbs 22

1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather 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 poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

[the] rich And [the] poor they meet together [is the] maker of all of them Yahweh.

3 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

A sensible [person] - he sees trouble (and he hides himself *Q(K)*) and naive people they pass on and they are punished.

4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.

[the] consequence of Humility [the] fear of Yahweh [is] wealth and honor 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 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 ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

A rich [person] over poor [people] he rules and [is] a servant a borrower of a person a lender.

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

[one who] sows Unrighteousness (he will reap *Q(k)*) trouble and [the] rod of fury his it will end.

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

A [person] good of eye he he will be blessed for he gives some of food his to poor [person].

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Drive out a mocker so may go out strife so may cease dispute and shame.

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.

[one who] loves (Pure of *Q(K)*) heart [the] grace of lips his [is] friend his a king.

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

[the] eyes of Yahweh they preserve knowledge and he has subverted [the] words of [one who] acts treacherously.

13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall 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 strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

[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 in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive 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 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

[one who] oppresses [the] poor To increase for himself [one who] gives to a rich [person] only to poverty.

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto 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] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

For [will be] pleasant that you will keep them in belly your they will be prepared together on lips your.

19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

To be in Yahweh trust your I teach you this day even you.

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

¿ Not have I written for you (officers *Q(K)*) 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 make known to you [the] truth of words of faithfulness to bring back words faithfulness to [those who] sent you.

22 Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in 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 plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

For Yahweh he will conduct case their and he will rob [those who] rob them life.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

May not you associate with a master of anger and with a person of rage not you must go.

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Lest you should learn (ways his *Q(K)*) and you will take a snare for self your.

26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

May not you be among [those who] strike a palm among [those who] stand surety for debts.

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

If not [belongs] to you to pay why? will anyone take bed your from under you.

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

May not you displace a boundary of antiquity which they made ancestors your.

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [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].