Proverbs 22 - ESV - BibliaCrista

1 ¹A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

2 ²The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is ³the maker of them all.

3 ⁴The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is ⁵riches and honor and life.^a

5 ⁶Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever ⁷guards his soul will keep far from them.

6 ⁸Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7 ⁹The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

8 Whoever ¹⁰sows injustice will reap calamity, and ¹¹the rod of his fury will fail.

9 ¹²Whoever has a bountiful^b eye will be blessed, for he ¹³shares his bread with the poor.

10 ¹⁴Drive out a scoffer, ¹⁵and strife will go out, and ¹⁶quarreling and abuse will cease.

11 He who ¹⁷loves purity of heart, and whose ¹⁸speech is gracious, ¹⁹will have the king as his friend.

12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he ²⁰overthrows the words of the traitor.

13 ²¹The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

14 The mouth of ²²forbidden^c women is ²³a deep pit; ²⁴he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but ²⁵the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, ²⁶will only come to poverty.

17 ²⁷Incline your ear, and hear ²⁸the words of the wise, ²⁹and apply your heart to my knowledge,

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 the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.

20 Have I not written for you ³⁰thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,

21 to ³¹make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

22 ³²Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or ³³crush the afflicted at ³⁴the gate,

23 for ³⁵the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob 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 ³⁶give pledges, who put up security for debts.

27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should ³⁷your bed be taken from under you?

28 Do not move the ancient ³⁸landmark that your fathers have set.

29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will ³⁹stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 22 ESV