Proverbs 22:1-11

Darby Translation

22 A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.

² The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.

³ A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁴ The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

⁵ Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

⁶ Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

⁷ The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

⁸ He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

⁹ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.

¹¹ He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.