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