| 22 | Proverbs | ||
| 1 | A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favour is better than silver or gold. | ||
| 2 | The rich and the poor meet together; Yahweh is the maker of them all. | ||
| 3 | A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it. | ||
| 4 | The reward for humility and fear of Yahweh is riches and honour and life. | ||
| 5 | Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep 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 rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. | ||
| 8 | He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. | ||
| 9 | He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. | ||
| 10 | Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. | ||
| 11 | He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. | ||
| 12 | The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless. | ||
| 13 | The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!" | ||
| 14 | The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall into it. | ||
| 15 | Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. | ||
| 16 | He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want. | ||
| 17 | Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; | THE THIRTY WISE SAYINGS. Pr.22.17-24.22 | |
| 18 | for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. | ||
| 19 | That your trust may be in Yahweh, I have made them known to you today, even to you. | ||
| 20 | Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge, | ||
| 21 | to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? | ||
| 22 | Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate; | ||
| 23 | for Yahweh will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them. | ||
| 24 | Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, | ||
| 25 | lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | ||
| 26 | Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts. | ||
| 27 | If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | ||
| 28 | Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set. | ||
| 29 | Do you see a men skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | ||
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