Proverbs 22

1A [goodH2896] nameH8034 is rather to be chosenH977 than greatH7227 richesH6239; loving favour rather than silverH3701 and goldH2091. 2The richH6223 and poorH7326 meetH6298 together; Jehovah is the maker of them all. 3A prudent [man] seeth the evilH7451, and hideth himself; but the simple passH5674 on, and are punishedH6064. 4The reward of humilityH6038 [and] the fearH3374 of Jehovah is richesH6239, and honour, and lifeH2416. 5ThornsH6791 [and] snaresH6341 are in the wayH1870 of the perverseH6141: he that keepeth his soulH5315 holdeth himself farH7368 from them. 6Train up the child according to the tenor of his wayH1870, and when he is oldH2204 he will not departH5493 from it. 7The richH6223 ruleth over the poorH7326; and the borrower is servantH5650 to the lender. 8He that soweth unrighteousnessH5766 shall reapH7114 iniquity, and the rodH7626 of his wrathH5678 shall have an endH3615. 9He that hath a bountiful eyeH5869 shall be blessedH1288, for he giveth of his breadH3899 to the poorH1800. 10Cast out the scorner, and contentionH4066 will depart, and strifeH4066 and ignominy shall ceaseH7673. 11He that loveth pureness of heartH3820, upon whose lipsH8193 is graceH2580, the kingH4428 is his friendH7453. 12The eyesH5869 of Jehovah preserveH5341 knowledgeH1847; but he overthroweth the wordsH1697 of the unfaithful. 13The sluggardH6102 saith, There is a lionH738 without, I shall be killedH7523 in the streetsH2351! 14The mouthH6310 of strangeH2114 women is a deepH6013 ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fallH5307 therein. 15FollyH200 is boundH7194 in the heartH3820 of a child; the rodH7626 of correctionH4148 shall drive it farH7368 from him. 16He that oppresseth the poorH1800, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the richH6223, [bringeth] onlyH389 to want. 17InclineH5186 thine earH241, and hearH8085 the wordsH1697 of the wiseH2450, and apply thy heartH3820 unto my knowledgeH1847. 18For it is a pleasantH5273 thing if thou keepH8104 them within thee: they shall be togetherH3162 fitted on thy lipsH8193. 19That thy confidenceH4009 may beH1961 in Jehovah, I have madeH3045 [them] knownH3045 to thee this dayH3117, evenH637 to thee. 20Have not I writtenH3789 to thee excellent things, in counselsH4156 and knowledgeH1847, 21that I might makeH3045 thee knowH3045 the certainty of the wordsH561 of truthH571; that thou mightest carry backH7725 wordsH561 of truthH571 to them that sendH7971 thee? 22RobH1497 not the poorH6041, because he is poorH6041, neither oppress the afflictedH6041 in the gateH8179; 23for Jehovah will plead their causeH7379, and despoil the soulH5315 of those that despoil them. 24Make no friendship with an angry manH376, and goH935 not with a furious manH376; 25lestH6435 thou learn his pathsH734, and get a snareH4170 to thy soulH5315. 26BeH1961 not of them that strike handsH3709, of them that are sureties for debts: 27if thou hast nothingH369 to payH7999, whyH4100 should he takeH3947 awayH3947 thy bedH4904 from under thee? 28Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathersH1 have set. 29Hast thou seenH2372 a manH376 diligent in his workH4399? He shall standH3320 before kingsH4428; he shall not standH3320 before the mean.