Proverbs - Chapter 22 - King James Version
- Agoodnameisrather to be chosen than great riches,andloving favour rather than silver and gold.
- The rich and poor meet together: theLORDisthe maker of them all.
- A prudentmanforeseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- By humilityandthe fear of theLORDareriches, and honour, and life.
- Thornsandsnaresarein the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrowerisservant to the lender.
- He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- He that loveth pureness of heart,forthe grace of his lips the kingshall behis friend.
- The eyes of theLORDpreserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
- The slothfulmansaith,There isa lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- The mouth of strange womenisa deep pit: he that is abhorred of theLORDshall fall therein.
- Foolishnessisbound in the heart of a child;butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- He that oppresseth the poor to increase hisriches, andhe that giveth to the rich,shallsurelycometo want.
- Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
- Forit isa pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
- That thy trust may be in theLORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
- Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
- 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?
- Rob not the poor, because heispoor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- For theLORDwill plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
- Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
- Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
- Be not thouoneof them that strike hands,orof them that are sureties for debts.
- If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
- Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before meanmen.