Proverbs 22

1 ♥ 📝 A [good] name^H8034 is rather to be chosen^H977 than great^H7227 riches,^H6239 [And] loving^H2896 favor^H2580 rather than silver^H3701 and gold.^H2091

2 ♥ 📝 The rich^H6223 and the poor^H7326 meet together:^H6298 Jehovah^H3068 is the maker^H6213 of them all.

3 ♥ 📝 A prudent^H6175 man seeth^H7200 the evil,^H7451 and hideth^H5641 himself; But the simple^H6612 pass on,^H5674 and suffer^H6064 for it.

4 ♥ 📝 The reward^H6118 of humility^H6038 [and] the fear^H3374 of Jehovah^H3068 [Is] riches,^H6239 and honor,^H3519 and life.^H2416

5 ♥ 📝 Thorns^H6791 [and] snares^H6341 are in the way^H1870 of the perverse:^H6141 He that keepeth^H8104 his soul^H5315 shall be far^H7368 from them.

6 ♥ 📝 Train up^H2596 a child^H5288 in the way^H1870 he should go,^H6310 And even when he is old^H2204 he will not depart^H5493 from it.

7 ♥ 📝 The rich^H6223 ruleth^H4910 over the poor;^H7326 And the borrower^H3867 is servant^H5650 to the lender.^H376

8 ♥ 📝 He that soweth^H2232 iniquity^H5766 shall reap^H7114 calamity;^H205 And the rod^H7626 of his wrath^H5678 shall fail.^H3615

9 ♥ 📝 He that hath a bountiful^H2896 eye^H5869 shall be blessed;^H1288 For he giveth^H5414 of his bread^H3899 to the poor.^H1800

10 ♥ 📝 Cast out^H1644 the scoffer,^H3887 and contention^H4066 will go out;^H3318 Yea, strife^H1779 and ignominy^H7036 will cease.^H7673

11 ♥ 📝 He that loveth^H157 pureness^H2890 of heart,^H3820 [For] the grace^H2580 of his lips^H8193 the king^H4428 will be his friend.^H7453

12 ♥ 📝 The eyes^H5869 of Jehovah^H3068 preserve^H5341 [him that hath] knowledge;^H1847 But he overthroweth^H5557 the words^H1697 of the treacherous^H898 man.

13 ♥ 📝 The sluggard^H6102 saith,^H559 There is a lion^H738 without:^H2351 I shall be slain^H7523 in^H8432 the streets.^H7339

14 ♥ 📝 The mouth^H6310 of strange women^H2114 is a deep^H6013 pit:^H7745 He that is abhorred^H2194 of Jehovah^H3068 shall fall^H5307 therein.

15 ♥ 📝 Foolishness^H200 is bound^H7194 up in the heart^H3820 of a child;^H5288 [But] the rod^H7626 of correction^H4148 shall drive it far^H7368 from him.

16 ♥ 📝 He that oppresseth^H6231 the poor^H1800 to increase^H7235 his [gain], [And] he that giveth^H5414 to the rich,^H6223 [shall come] only to want.^H4270

17 ♥ 📝 Incline^H5186 thine ear,^H241 and hear^H241 the words^H1697 of the wise,^H2450 And apply^H7896 thy heart^H3820 unto my knowledge.^H1847

18 ♥ 📝 For it is a pleasant thing^H5273 if thou keep^H8104 them within^H990 thee, If they be established^H3559 together^H3162 upon thy lips.^H8193

19 ♥ 📝 That thy trust^H4009 may be in Jehovah,^H3068 I have made [them] known^H3045 to thee this day,^H3117 even to thee.

20 ♥ 📝 Have not I written^H3789 unto thee^H8032 excellent things^H7991 Of counsels^H4156 and knowledge,^H1847

21 ♥ 📝 To make thee know^H3045 the certainty^H7189 of the words^H561 of truth,^H571 That thou mayest carry^H7725 back words^H561 of truth^H571 to them that send^H7971 thee?

22 ♥ 📝 Rob^H1497 not the poor,^H1800 because he is poor;^H1800 Neither oppress^H1792 the afflicted^H6041 in the gate:^H8179

23 ♥ 📝 For Jehovah^H3068 will plead^H7378 their cause,^H7379 And despoil^H6906 of life^H5315 those that despoil^H6906 them.

24 ♥ 📝 Make no friendship^H7462 with a man^H1167 that is given to anger;^H639 And with a wrathful^H2534 man^H376 thou shalt not go:^H935

25 ♥ 📝 Lest thou learn^H502 this ways,^H734 And get^H3947 a snare^H4170 to thy soul.^H5315

26 ♥ 📝 Be thou not one of them that strike^H8628 hands,^H3709 [Or] of them that are sureties^H6148 for debts.^H4859

27 ♥ 📝 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,^H7999 Why should he take away^H3947 thy bed^H4904 from under thee?

28 ♥ 📝 Remove^H5253 not the ancient^H5769 landmark,^H1366 Which thy fathers^H1 have set.^H6213

29 ♥ 📝 Seest^H2372 thou a man^H376 diligent^H4106 in his business?^H4399 he shall stand^H3320 before^H6440 kings;^H4428 He shall not stand^H3320 before^H6440 mean^H2823 men.