1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. AKJV — Proverbs 22:1
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. AKJV — Proverbs 22:2
3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. AKJV — Proverbs 22:3
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. AKJV — Proverbs 22:4
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them. AKJV — Proverbs 22:5
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. AKJV — Proverbs 22:6
7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. AKJV — Proverbs 22:7
8 He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. AKJV — Proverbs 22:8
9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor. AKJV — Proverbs 22:9
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease. AKJV — Proverbs 22:10
11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. AKJV — Proverbs 22:11
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor. AKJV — Proverbs 22:12
13 The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. AKJV — Proverbs 22:13
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. AKJV — Proverbs 22:14
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. AKJV — Proverbs 22:15
16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want. AKJV — Proverbs 22:16
17 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge. AKJV — Proverbs 22:17
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips. AKJV — Proverbs 22:18
19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you. AKJV — Proverbs 22:19
20 Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, AKJV — Proverbs 22:20
21 That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you? AKJV — Proverbs 22:21
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: AKJV — Proverbs 22:22
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. AKJV — Proverbs 22:23
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go: AKJV — Proverbs 22:24
25 Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul. AKJV — Proverbs 22:25
26 Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. AKJV — Proverbs 22:26
27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? AKJV — Proverbs 22:27
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set. AKJV — Proverbs 22:28
29 See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. AKJV — Proverbs 22:29