Proverbs 22

¹A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.

²The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

³A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁴The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

⁵Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

⁶Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

⁷The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

⁸He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

¹⁰Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.

¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.

¹²The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.

¹³The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.