| 22:1 |
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. |
| 22:2 |
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. |
| 22:3 |
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. |
| 22:4 |
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. |
| 22:5 |
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them. |
| 22:6 |
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. |
| 22:7 |
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. |
| 22:8 |
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. |
| 22:9 |
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor. |
| 22:10 |
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. |
| 22:11 |
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend. |
| 22:12 |
The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. |
| 22:13 |
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!" |
| 22:14 |
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it. |
| 22:15 |
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him. |
| 22:16 |
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty. |
| 22:17 |
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. |
| 22:18 |
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. |
| 22:19 |
That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you. |
| 22:20 |
Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, |
| 22:21 |
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? |
| 22:22 |
Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; |
| 22:23 |
for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. |
| 22:24 |
Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: |
| 22:25 |
lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. |
| 22:26 |
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. |
| 22:27 |
If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? |
| 22:28 |
Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up. |
| 22:29 |
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men. |
