Proverbs 22 · משלי

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and amiable grace rather than silver or gold.

The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.

A prudent man foresees evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked man: he that guards his soul shall be far from them.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his arrogance shall fail.

He that has a generous eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and disgrace will cease.

He that loves pureness of heart, and grace is on his lips, the king shall be his friend.

The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.

The lazy man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

The mouth of strange woman is a deep pit: he who incurs the Lord’s indignation shall fall therein.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

He that oppresses the poor may well bring him gain, and he that gives to the rich, may nevertheless come to want.

Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; let them be firmly attached together to thy lips.

That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have I not written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to those who send thee?

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor: nor oppress the afflicted in the gate:

for the Lord will plead their cause, and rob life those who rob them.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Be not thou one of those who strike the palm, or of those who are sureties for debts.

If thou hast nothing with which to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Dost thou see a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.