Proverbs 22 — BSB
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A Good Name
22Verse 1A good name is more desirable than great riches;favor is better than silver and gold.Verse 2The rich and the poor have this in common:The LORD is Maker of them all.Verse 3The prudent see danger and take cover,but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.Verse 4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORDare wealth and honor and life.Verse 5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse;he who guards his soul stays far from them.Verse 6Train up a child in the way he should go,and when he is old he will not depart from it.Verse 7The rich rule over the poor,and the borrower is slave to the lender.Verse 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster,and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.+Verse 9A generous man+will be blessed,for he shares his bread with the poor.Verse 10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart;even quarreling and insults will cease.Verse 11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lipswill have the king for a friend.Verse 12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,but He frustrates the words of the faithless.Verse 13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside!I will be slain in the streets!”Verse 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.Verse 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child,but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.Verse 16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the richwill surely lead to poverty.Thirty Sayings of the Wise
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Verse 17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—Verse 18for it is pleasing when you keep them within youand they are constantly on your lips.Verse 19So that your trust may be in the LORD,I instruct you today—yes, you.Verse 20Have I not written for you thirty sayings+about counsel and knowledge,Verse 21to show you true and reliable words,that you may soundly answer those who sent you?Saying 2
Verse 22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor,and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,Verse 23for the LORD will take up their caseand will plunder those who rob them.Saying 3
Verse 24Do not make friends with an angry man,and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,Verse 25or you may learn his waysand entangle yourself in a snare.Saying 4
Verse 26Do not be one who gives pledges,who puts up security for debts.Verse 27If you have nothing with which to pay,why should your bed be taken from under you?Saying 5
Verse 28Do not move an ancient boundary stonewhich your fathers have placed.Saying 6
Verse 29Do you see a man skilled in his work?He will be stationed in the presence of kings;he will not stand before obscure men.