Proverbs

1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31  
King James Version    American Standard Version    Chinese Union Version    New International Version   
22:1  A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
22:2  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
22:3  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
22:4  By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
22:5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be 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.
22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
22:10  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
22:13  The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
22:14  The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
22:15  Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:17  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
22:18  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
22:19  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
22:20  Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
22:21  That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22:22  Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
22:26  Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:27  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.