Proverbs Chapter 22

• Proverbs 22:1
  Proverbs.
• Proverbs 22:2
  A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
• Proverbs 22:3
  The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.
• Proverbs 22:4
  A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
• Proverbs 22:5
  The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.
• Proverbs 22:6
  Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
• Proverbs 22:7
  Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
• Proverbs 22:8
  The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
• Proverbs 22:9
  He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
• Proverbs 22:10
  He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
• Proverbs 22:11
  Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
• Proverbs 22:12
  He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
• Proverbs 22:13
  The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
• Proverbs 22:14
  The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
• Proverbs 22:15
  The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.
• Proverbs 22:16
  Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
• Proverbs 22:17
  Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
• Proverbs 22:18
  Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
• Proverbs 22:19
  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
• Proverbs 22:20
  I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD.
• Proverbs 22:21
  Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
• Proverbs 22:22
  To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
• Proverbs 22:23
  Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
• Proverbs 22:24
  for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
• Proverbs 22:25
  Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
• Proverbs 22:26
  lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
• Proverbs 22:27
  Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
• Proverbs 22:28
  If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
• Proverbs 22:29
  Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
• Proverbs 22:30
  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.