Proverbs - Chapter 22 - New International Version
- A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
- Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
- The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
- In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
- Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
- The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
- The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
- Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
- One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
- The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
- The sluggard says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the public square!"
- The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD's wrath falls into it.
- Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
- One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich —both come to poverty.
- Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
- for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
- So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
- Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
- teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
- Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
- for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.
- Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
- or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
- Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
- if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
- Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
- Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.