The Proverbs 22

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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 ⚑

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth of his bread to the poor ⚑

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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain