22:1. A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above
silver and gold.
22:2. The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of
them both.
22:3. The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed
on, and suffered loss.
22:4. The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory
and life.
22:5. Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that
keepeth his own soul, departeth far from them.
22:6. It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
22:7. The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him
that lendeth.
22:8. He that soweth iniquity, shall reap evils, and with the rod of
his anger he shall be consumed.
22:9. 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.
22:10. Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and
quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
22:11. He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips
shall have the king for his friend.
22:12. The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the
unjust are overthrown.
22:13. The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be
slain in the midst of the streets.
22:14. The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is
angry with, shall fall into it.
22:15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of
correction shall drive it away.
22:16. He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall
himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
22:17. Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy
heart to my doctrine:
22:18. Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy
bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
22:19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn
it to thee this day.
22:20. Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in
thoughts and knowledge:
22:21. That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to
answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22:22. Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not
oppress the needy in the gate:
22:23. Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them
that have afflicted his soul.
22:24. Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious
man:
22:25. Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
22:26. Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer
themselves sureties for debts:
22:27. For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there
that he should take the covering from thy bed?
22:28. Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
22:29. Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before
kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.