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