Proverbs 22  Legacy Standard Bible

22 A ^(A)good name is to be chosen over great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
² The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the ^(B)Maker of them all.
³ A ^(C)prudent man sees evil and hides,
But the simple pass on, and are punished.
⁴ The reward of humility—the ^[a]fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.
^5 (D)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
He who keeps his soul will be far from them.
^6 [b](E)Train up a child ^[c]according to his way,
Even when he is old he will not ^[d]depart from it.
⁷ The ^(F)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸ He who ^(G)sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the ^(H)rod of his fury will end.
⁹ He who ^[e]is ^(I)generous will be blessed,
For he ^(J)gives from his food to the poor.
^10 (K)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
¹¹ He who loves ^(L)purity of heart
And ^(M)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.
¹² The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,
But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.
¹³ The ^(N)sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴ The mouth of ^(O)strange women is a deep pit;
He who is ^(P)cursed of Yahweh will fall ^[f]into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
The ^(Q)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
¹⁶ He ^(R)who oppresses the poor to make ^[g]more for himself
Or who gives to the rich ^(S)will only come to lack.