# Proverbs 22

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###### v1 
A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. 

###### v2 
The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. 

###### v3 
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 

###### v4 
The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. 

###### v5 
Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them. 

###### v6 
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. 

###### v7 
The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. 

###### v8 
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 

###### v9 
He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor. 

###### v10 
Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. 

###### v11 
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend. 

###### v12 
Yahweh's eyes watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. 

###### v13 
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!" 

###### v14 
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it. 

###### v15 
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him. 

###### v16 
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty. 

###### v17 
Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. 

###### v18 
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. 

###### v19 
I teach you today, even you, So that your trust may be in Yahweh. 

###### v20 
Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, 

###### v21 
To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? 

###### v22 
Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; 

###### v23 
for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. 

###### v24 
Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: 

###### v25 
lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. 

###### v26 
Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. 

###### v27 
If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? 

###### v28 
Don't move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up. 

###### v29 
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men.

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