Proverbs 22

¹A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,

²The rich and the poor meet together:

³A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;

⁴The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah

⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:

⁶Train up a child in the way he should go,

⁷The rich ruleth over the poor;

⁸He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;

⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;

¹⁰Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;

¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart,

¹²The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;

¹³The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;

¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;

¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,

¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,

¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,

¹⁹That thy trust may be in Jehovah,

²⁰Have not I written unto thee excellent things

²¹To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,

²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor;

²³For Jehovah will plead their cause,

²⁴Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;

²⁵Lest thou learn his ways,

²⁶Be thou not one of them that strike hands,

²⁷If thou hast not wherewith to pay,

²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark,

²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;