< Proverbs 22 >
1 [is to be] chosen A name more than wealth great more than silver and more than gold favor good.
More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.
2 [the] rich And [the] poor they meet together [is the] maker of all of them Yahweh.
The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.
3 A sensible [person] - he sees trouble (and he hides himself *Q(K)*) and naive people they pass on and they are punished.
A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
4 [the] consequence of Humility [the] fear of Yahweh [is] wealth and honor and life.
The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns snares [are] in [the] path of a perverse [person] [one who] guards self his he will 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 the youth on [the] mouth of way his also if he will be old not he will turn aside from it.
Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.
7 A rich [person] over poor [people] he rules and [is] a servant a borrower of a person a lender.
The rich, over the poor, beareth rule, —and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
8 [one who] sows Unrighteousness (he will reap *Q(k)*) trouble and [the] rod of fury his it will end.
He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
9 A [person] good of eye he he will be blessed for he gives some of food his to poor [person].
A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed, —because he hath given of his bread to the poor.
10 Drive out a mocker so may go out strife so may cease dispute and shame.
Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.
11 [one who] loves (Pure of *Q(K)*) heart [the] grace of lips his [is] friend his a king.
Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
12 [the] eyes of Yahweh they preserve knowledge and he has subverted [the] words of [one who] acts treacherously.
The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
13 He says a sluggard a lion [is] in the street in [the] midst of [the] open places I will be killed.
Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
14 [is] a pit Deep [the] mouth of strange [women] [one who] is cursed of Yahweh (he will fall *Q(k)*) there.
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 youth a rod of discipline it will put far away it from him.
Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
16 [one who] oppresses [the] poor To increase for himself [one who] gives to a rich [person] only to poverty.
He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Incline ear your and hear [the] words of wise [people] and heart your you will set to knowledge my.
Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
18 For [will be] pleasant that you will keep them in belly your they will be prepared together on lips your.
For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.
19 To be in Yahweh trust your I teach you this day even you.
That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.
20 ¿ Not have I written for you (officers *Q(K)*) counsels and knowledge.
Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:
21 To make known to you [the] truth of words of faithfulness to bring back words faithfulness to [those who] sent you.
To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.
22 May not you rob a poor [person] for [is] poor he and may not you crush a poor [person] at the gate.
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
23 For Yahweh he will conduct case their and he will rob [those who] rob them life.
For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
24 May not you associate with a master of anger and with a person of rage not you must go.
Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
25 Lest you should learn (ways his *Q(K)*) and you will take a snare for self your.
Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
26 May not you be among [those who] strike a palm among [those who] stand surety for debts.
Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
27 If not [belongs] to you to pay why? will anyone take bed your from under you.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
28 May not you displace a boundary of antiquity which they made ancestors your.
Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
29 You see a person - skilled in work his before kings he will take his stand not he will take his stand before insignificant [people].
Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.