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The Book of Proverbs
Chapter 22
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A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold. |
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The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both. |
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The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. |
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The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life. |
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Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them. |
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It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
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The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth. |
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He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed. |
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He that is inclined to mercy, shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents, shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers. |
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Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease. |
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He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend. |
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The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown. |
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The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets. |
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The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. |
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away. |
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He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need. |
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Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine: |
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Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips: |
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That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day. |
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Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge: |
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That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee. |
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Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: |
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Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul. |
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Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: |
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Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul. |
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Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: |
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For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed? |
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Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. |
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Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure. |
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