Proverbs 22 Value of a Good Name | Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 22 Value of a Good Name | Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 22:1-16 Value of a Good Name
Proverbs 22:17-29 Sayings of the Wise
Proverbs 22:1
1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:2
2
The rich and the poor have this in common,
The Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:3
3
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
Proverbs 22:4
4
By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:5
5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
Proverbs 22:6
6
Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:7
7
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:8
8
He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow (trouble),
And the rod of his anger will fail.
Proverbs 22:9
9
He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
For he gives of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 22:10
10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Proverbs 22:11
11
He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
Proverbs 22:12
12
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
Proverbs 22:13
13
The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:14
14
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
Proverbs 22:16
16
He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:22-23
22
Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23
For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Proverbs 22:24-25
24
Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
25
Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
Proverbs 22:26-27
26
Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is surety (guaranty) for debts;
27
If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Proverbs 22:28
28
Do not remove the ancient landmark (boundary)
Which your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:29
29
Do you see a man who excels in his work (is prompt in his business)?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before unknown men.