#### Proverbs 22

Verses : {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}

^ Pr 22.1: A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
^ Pr 22.2: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
^ Pr 22.3: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
^ Pr 22.4: By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
^ Pr 22.5: Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
^ Pr 22.6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
^ Pr 22.7: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
^ Pr 22.8: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
^ Pr 22.9: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
^ Pr 22.10: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
^ Pr 22.11: He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
^ Pr 22.12: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
^ Pr 22.13: The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
^ Pr 22.14: The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
^ Pr 22.15: Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
^ Pr 22.16: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
^ Pr 22.17: Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
^ Pr 22.18: For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
^ Pr 22.19: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
^ Pr 22.20: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
^ Pr 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?
^ Pr 22.22: Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
^ Pr 22.23: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
^ Pr 22.24: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
^ Pr 22.25: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
^ Pr 22.26: Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
^ Pr 22.27: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
^ Pr 22.28: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
^ Pr 22.29: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].