[[Proverbs 21|<< Proverbs 21]] | [[Proverbs|Proverbs]] | [[Proverbs 23|Proverbs 23 >>]] ### Proverbs 22 1 A _GOOD_ name _is_ rather to be chosen than great riches, _and_ loving favor rather than silver and gold. ^1 2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD _is_ the maker of them all. ^2 3 A prudent _man_ foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. ^3 4 By humility _and_ the fear of the LORD _are_ riches, and honor, and life. ^4 5 Thorns _and_ snares _are_ in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. ^5 6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ^6 7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower _is_ servant to the lender. ^7 8 He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. ^8 9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor. ^9 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. ^10 11 He that loves pureness of heart, _for_ the grace of his lips the king _shall_ _be_ his friend. ^11 12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor. ^12 13 The slothful _man_ saith, _There_ _is_ a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. ^13 14 The mouth of strange women _is_ a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. ^14 15 Foolishness _is_ bound in the heart of a child; _but_ the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ^15 16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his _riches_, _and_ he that gives to the rich, _shall_ surely _come_ to want. ^16 17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. ^17 18 For _it_ _is_ a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. ^18 19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. ^19 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ^20 21 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 unto thee? ^21 22 Rob not the poor, because he _is_ poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ^22 23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. ^23 24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: ^24 25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. ^25 26 Be not thou _one_ of them that strike hands, _or_ of them that are sureties for debts. ^26 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? ^27 28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. ^28 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean _men_. ^29