A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.
Rich and poor have a common bond: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The shrewd man perceives evil and hides, while simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.
The reward of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.
Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; he who would safeguard his life will shun them.
Train a boy in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
He who sows iniquity reaps calamity, and the rod destroys his labors.
The kindly man will be blessed, for he gives of his sustenance to the poor.
Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease.
The LORD loves the pure of heart; the man of winning speech has the king for his friend.
The eyes of the LORD safeguard knowledge, but he defeats the projects of the faithless.
The sluggard says, "A lion is outside; in the streets I might be slain."
The mouth of the adulteress is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
Folly is close to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
He who oppresses the poor to enrich himself will yield up his gains to the rich as sheer loss.
Proverbs 22:1-16
Rich and poor have a common bond: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The shrewd man perceives evil and hides, while simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.
The reward of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.
Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; he who would safeguard his life will shun them.
Train a boy in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
He who sows iniquity reaps calamity, and the rod destroys his labors.
The kindly man will be blessed, for he gives of his sustenance to the poor.
Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease.
The LORD loves the pure of heart; the man of winning speech has the king for his friend.
The eyes of the LORD safeguard knowledge, but he defeats the projects of the faithless.
The sluggard says, "A lion is outside; in the streets I might be slain."
The mouth of the adulteress is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
Folly is close to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
He who oppresses the poor to enrich himself will yield up his gains to the rich as sheer loss.
Proverbs 22:1-16