מִשְׁלֵי 22

1 נִבְחָר שֵׁם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֽוֹב׃

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

2 עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָֽה׃

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

3 עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה ויסתר וְנִסְתָּר וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְֽנֶעֱנָֽשׁוּ׃

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

4 עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד וְחַיִּֽים׃

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

5 צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שׁוֹמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ יִרְחַק מֵהֶֽם׃

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

6 חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכּוֹ גַּם כִּֽי־יַזְקִין לֹֽא־יָסוּר מִמֶּֽנָּה׃

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

7 עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשׁוֹל וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶֽה׃

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8 זוֹרֵעַ עַוְלָה יקצור־יִקְצָר־אָוֶן וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃

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

9 טֽוֹב־עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּֽי־נָתַן מִלַּחְמוֹ לַדָּֽל׃

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

10 גָּרֵֽשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדוֹן וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֽוֹן׃

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

11 אֹהֵב טהור־טְהָר־לֵב חֵן שְׂפָתָיו רֵעֵהוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃

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

12 עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵֽד׃

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

13 אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתוֹךְ רְחֹבוֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃

The slothful man saith, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

14 שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרוֹת זְעוּם יְהוָה יפול־יִפָּל־שָֽׁם׃

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall in it.

15 אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב־נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

16 עֹשֵֽׁק דָּל לְהַרְבּוֹת לוֹ נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

17 הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּֽי׃

Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

18 כִּֽי־נָעִים כִּֽי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall all be ready on thy lips.

19 לִהְיוֹת בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הוֹדַעְתִּיךָ הַיּוֹם אַף־אָֽתָּה׃

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

20 הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ שלשום שָׁלִישִׁים בְּמוֹעֵצֹת וָדָֽעַת׃

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

21 לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃

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 to thee?

22 אַֽל־תִּגְזָל־דָּל כִּי דַל־הוּא וְאַל־תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּֽׁעַר׃

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

23 כִּֽי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָֽפֶשׁ׃

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

24 אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָף וְאֶת־אִישׁ חֵמוֹת לֹא תָבֽוֹא׃

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

25 פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף ארחתו אֹֽרְחֹתָיו וְלָקַחְתָּ מוֹקֵשׁ לְנַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

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

26 אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹֽקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֽוֹת׃

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

27 אִם־אֵֽין־לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּֽיךָ׃

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

28 אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

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

29 חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ לִֽפְנֵֽי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.