< Proverbs 22 >

1 A good name is to be chosen over great riches and favor is better than silver and gold.
[is to be] chosen A name more than wealth great more than silver and more than gold favor good.
2 Rich and poor people have this in common— Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
[the] rich And [the] poor they meet together [is the] maker of all of them Yahweh.
3 A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive go on and suffer because of it.
A sensible [person] - he sees trouble (and he hides himself *Q(K)*) and naive people they pass on and they are punished.
4 The reward for humility and fear of Yahweh is riches, honor, and life.
[the] consequence of Humility [the] fear of Yahweh [is] wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; whoever guards his life will keep 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 Teach a child the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn away from that instruction.
Train the youth on [the] mouth of way his also if he will be old not he will turn aside from it.
7 Rich people rule over poor people and one who borrows is a slave to the one who lends.
A rich [person] over poor [people] he rules and [is] a servant a borrower of a person a lender.
8 He who sows injustice will reap trouble and the rod of his fury will fade away.
[one who] sows Unrighteousness (he will reap *Q(k)*) trouble and [the] rod of fury his it will end.
9 The one who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
A [person] good of eye he he will be blessed for he gives some of food his to poor [person].
10 Drive away the mocker, and out goes strife; disputes and insults will cease.
Drive out a mocker so may go out strife so may cease dispute and shame.
11 The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious, he will have the king for his friend.
[one who] loves (Pure of *Q(K)*) heart [the] grace of lips his [is] friend his a king.
12 The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.
[the] eyes of Yahweh they preserve knowledge and he has subverted [the] words of [one who] acts treacherously.
13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the street! I will be killed in the open places.”
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 an adulteress is a deep pit; Yahweh's anger is stirred up against anyone who falls into it.
[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 up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
Foolishness [is] bound in [the] heart of a youth a rod of discipline it will put far away it from him.
16 The one who oppresses poor people to increase his wealth, or gives to rich people, will come to poverty.
[one who] oppresses [the] poor To increase for himself [one who] gives to a rich [person] only to poverty.
17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise and apply your heart to my knowledge,
Incline ear your and hear [the] words of wise [people] and heart your you will set to knowledge my.
18 for it will be pleasant for you if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
For [will be] pleasant that you will keep them in belly your they will be prepared together on lips your.
19 So your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach them to you today—even to you.
To be in Yahweh trust your I teach you this day even you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of instruction and knowledge,
¿ Not have I written for you (officers *Q(K)*) counsels and knowledge.
21 to teach you truth in these trustworthy words, so you may give trustworthy answers to those who sent you?
To make known to you [the] truth of words of faithfulness to bring back words faithfulness to [those who] sent you.
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the needy at 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 Yahweh will plead their case, and he will rob of life those who robbed them.
For Yahweh he will conduct case their and he will rob [those who] rob them life.
24 Do not make a friend of someone who is ruled by anger and you must not go with one who rages,
May not you associate with a master of anger and with a person of rage not you must go.
25 or you will learn his ways and you will take bait for your soul.
Lest you should learn (ways his *Q(K)*) and you will take a snare for self your.
26 Do not be one who strikes hands in making a pledge, or who puts up security for debts.
May not you be among [those who] strike a palm among [those who] stand surety for debts.
27 If you lack the means to pay, what could stop someone from taking away your bed from under you?
If not [belongs] to you to pay why? will anyone take bed your from under you.
28 Do not remove the ancient boundary stone that your fathers have set.
May not you displace a boundary of antiquity which they made ancestors your.
29 Do you see a man skilled at his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before common people.
You see a person - skilled in work his before kings he will take his stand not he will take his stand before insignificant [people].

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