Proverbs 22

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Proverbs 22

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A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.^(A)

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The rich and the poor have this in common:^(a)
the Lord made them both.^(b)^(B)

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A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.^(C)

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The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life.^(D)

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There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;^(E)
the one who guards himself stays far from them.

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Teach a youth about the way he should go;^(F)
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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The rich rule over the poor,^(G)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.^(H)

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The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,^(I)
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

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A generous person^(c) will be blessed,^(J)
for he shares his food with the poor.^(K)

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Drive out a mocker,^(L) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.^(M)

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The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.^(N)

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The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

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The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”^(O)

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The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.^(P)

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Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.^(Q)

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Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.^(R)

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Listen closely,^(d) pay attention to the words of the wise,^(S)
and apply your mind to my knowledge.

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For it is pleasing if you keep them within you
and if^(e) they are constantly on your lips.

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I have instructed you today—even you—
so that your confidence may be in the Lord.

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Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings^(f)
about counsel and knowledge,

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in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report^(g)^(T)
to those who sent you?^(U)

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Don’t rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don’t crush the oppressed^(V) at the gate,^(W)

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for the Lord will take up their case^(X)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

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Don’t make friends with an angry man,^(h)
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,^(Y)

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or you will learn his ways^(Z)
and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,⁽ⁱ⁾
who put up security for loans.^(AA)

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If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.^(AB)

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Don’t move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.^(AC)

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Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.^(AD)

Footnotes:

a. Proverbs 22:2: Lit poor meet

b. Proverbs 22:2: Lit all

c. Proverbs 22:9: Lit Good of eye

d. Proverbs 22:17: Lit Stretch out your ear

e. Proverbs 22:18: Or you; let them be, or you, so that

f. Proverbs 22:20: Text emended; one Hb tradition reads you previously; alt Hb tradition reads you excellent things; LXX, Syr, Vg read you three times

g. Proverbs 22:21: Lit give dependable words

h. Proverbs 22:24: Lit with a master of anger

i. Proverbs 22:26: Lit who shakes hands

Cross references:

A. Proverbs 22:1: Proverbs 10:7; Proverbs 8:10; Ecclesiastes 7:1

B. Proverbs 22:2: Job 31:13; Job 31:15; Proverbs 29:13

C. Proverbs 22:3: Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 27:12; Isaiah 26:20

D. Proverbs 22:4: Proverbs 15:33; Proverbs 21:21; Proverbs 29:23

E. Proverbs 22:5: Proverbs 7:23; Proverbs 15:19

F. Proverbs 22:6: Ephesians 6:4

G. Proverbs 22:7: Proverbs 18:23

H. Proverbs 22:7: Deuteronomy 28:12-13

I. Proverbs 22:8: Job 4:8

J. Proverbs 22:9: Proverbs 19:17; 2 Corinthians 9:6

K. Proverbs 22:9: Luke 14:13-14

L. Proverbs 22:10: Genesis 21:9-10

M. Proverbs 22:10: Proverbs 26:20

N. Proverbs 22:11: Proverbs 16:13

O. Proverbs 22:13: Proverbs 26:13

P. Proverbs 22:14: Proverbs 2:16-19; Proverbs 7:5; Proverbs 7:21; Proverbs 7:27; Proverbs 23:27-28; Ecclesiastes 7:26

Q. Proverbs 22:15: Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 23:13-14; Proverbs 29:15

R. Proverbs 22:16: Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 22:7; Proverbs 28:27

S. Proverbs 22:17: Proverbs 5:1

T. Proverbs 22:21: Luke 1:3-4

U. Proverbs 22:21: Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 25:13

V. Proverbs 22:22: Exodus 23:6; Job 31:16; Malachi 3:5

W. Proverbs 22:22: Ruth 4:11; Proverbs 24:7

X. Proverbs 22:23: Psalm 12:5; Psalm 35:10; Psalm 68:5; Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 23:10-11; Isaiah 3:13-15

Y. Proverbs 22:24: Proverbs 15:18; Proverbs 19:19

Z. Proverbs 22:25: 1 Corinthians 15:33

AA. Proverbs 22:26: Proverbs 6:1-5; Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18

AB. Proverbs 22:27: Exodus 22:26; Proverbs 20:16

AC. Proverbs 22:28: Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Job 24:2; Proverbs 23:10

AD. Proverbs 22:29: Genesis 41:46; Proverbs 14:35