Prov 22
1
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather
than silver and gold.
2
The rich and the poor meet together: YHWH is the maker of them all.
3
A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer
for it.
4
The reward of humility [and] the fear of YHWH [Is] riches, and honor, and life.
5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He who keeps his soul shall be
far from them.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart
from it.
7
The rich rules over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8
He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his anger shall fail.
9
He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he gives of his bread to the poor.
10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
11
He who loves pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
12
The eyes of YHWH preserve [him whom has] knowledge; But he overthrows the words of
the treacherous man.
13
The sluggard says, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He who is abhorred of YHWH shall fall therein.
15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him.
16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he who gives to the rich,
[shall come] only to want.
17
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge.
18
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, If they be established together
upon your lips.
19
That your trust may be in YHWH, I have made [them] known to you this day, even to
you.
20
Have not I written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
21
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may carry back words
of truth to them that send you?
22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23
For YHWH will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
24
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man you
shall not go:
25
Lest you learn this ways, And get a snare to your soul.
26
Be you not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27
If you have not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
28
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which your fathers have set.
29
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall
not stand before mean men.