22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.
22:2 The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.

22:3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
22:3 The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

22:4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
22:4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep far from them.
22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.

22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
22:6 Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.

22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

22:8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
22:8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.

22:9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
22:9 Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.

22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
22:10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out; quarreling and abuse will cease.

22:11 He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
22:11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech will have the king as a friend.

22:12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
22:12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.

22:13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!"
22:13 The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

22:14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
22:14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry falls into it.

22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.

22:16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to want.
22:16 Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.

22:17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
22:17 The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words, and apply your mind to my teaching;

22:18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
22:18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

22:19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
22:19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today--yes, to you.

22:20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
22:20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,

22:21 to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22:21 to show you what is right and true, so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

22:22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;
22:22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;

22:23 for the LORD will plead their cause and despoil of life those who despoil them.
22:23 for the LORD pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.

22:24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
22:24 Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,

22:25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
22:25 or you may learn their ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

22:26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
22:26 Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.

22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
22:27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set.
22:28 Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.

22:29 Do you see a man skilful in his work? he will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
22:29 Do you see those who are skillful in their work? they will serve kings; they will not serve common people.