< Proverbs 22 >
1 to choose name from riches many from silver: money and from gold favor pleasant
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; And better is good-will than silver and gold.
2 rich and be poor to meet to make all their LORD
The rich and the poor meet together; The LORD is the Maker of them all.
3 prudent to see: see distress: harm (and to hide *Q(K)*) and simple to pass and to fine
The prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple rush on, and are punished.
4 consequence humility fear LORD riches and glory and life
By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.
5 thorn snare in/on/with way: conduct twisted to keep: guard soul his to remove from them
Thorns and snares are in the way of the deceitful; He that will preserve his life will be far from them.
6 to dedicate to/for youth upon lip: word way: conduct his also for be old not to turn aside: depart from her
Train up a child in accordance with his way, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 rich in/on/with be poor to rule and servant/slave to borrow to/for man to borrow
The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 to sow injustice (to reap *Q(k)*) evil: trouble and tribe: staff fury his to end: expend
He who soweth iniquity shall reap calamity, And the rod of his punishment is prepared.
9 pleasant eye he/she/it to bless for to give: give from food: bread his to/for poor
He who hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, Because he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10 to drive out: drive out to mock and to come out: come strife and to cease judgment and dishonor
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and reproach will cease.
11 to love: lover (pure *Q(K)*) heart favor lip: words his neighbor his king
He who loveth purity of heart, Grace is upon his lips, and the king will be his friend.
12 eye LORD to watch knowledge and to pervert word to act treacherously
The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
13 to say sluggish lion in/on/with outside in/on/with midst street/plaza to murder
The slothful man saith, “There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.”
14 pit deep lip be a stranger be indignant LORD (to fall: fall *Q(k)*) there
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He with whom the LORD is angry shall fall therein.
15 folly to conspire in/on/with heart youth tribe: staff discipline to remove her from him
Folly is bound to the heart of a child; But the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
16 to oppress poor to/for to multiply to/for him to give: give to/for rich surely to/for need
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his wealth, And he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 to stretch ear your and to hear: hear word wise and heart your to set: make to/for knowledge my
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And give heed to my instruction!
18 for pleasant for to keep: guard them in/on/with belly: body your to establish: prepare together upon lips your
For it will be a pleasant thing, if thou keep them in thy bosom, When they are altogether established upon thy lips.
19 to/for to be in/on/with LORD confidence your to know you [the] day also you(m. s.)
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have this day given to thee instruction, yea, to thee.
20 not to write to/for you (officer *Q(K)*) in/on/with counsel and knowledge
Behold, I have written to thee excellent things Concerning counsel and knowledge;
21 to/for to know you truth word truth: true to/for to return: reply word truth: true to/for to send: depart you
That I may make thee know rectitude, and words of truth; That thou mayst bring back words of truth to them that send thee.
22 not to plunder poor for poor he/she/it and not to crush afflicted in/on/with gate
Rob not the poor man, because he is poor, Nor crush thou the destitute at the gate;
23 for LORD to contend strife their and to rob [obj] to rob them soul: life
For the LORD will maintain their cause, And despoil their spoilers of life.
24 not to accompany with master: men face: anger and with man rage not to come (in): come
Make no friendship with a passionate man, Nor be the companion of a man prone to wrath;
25 lest to teach/learn (way his *Q(K)*) and to take: recieve snare to/for soul: myself your
Lest thou learn his ways, And take to thyself a snare.
26 not to be in/on/with to blow palm in/on/with to pledge loan
Be not thou one of those who strike hands, Of those who are sureties for debts.
27 if nothing to/for you to/for to complete to/for what? to take: take bed your from underneath: under you
When thou hast nothing to pay, Why should thy bed be taken from under thee?
28 not to remove border: boundary forever: antiquity which to make father your
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have made.
29 to see man quick in/on/with work his to/for face: before king to stand not to stand to/for face: before obscure
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall be the minister of kings; He shall not serve obscure men.