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