Proverbs 22:1–15

A agood name is rather bto be chosen than great riches,

And ||loving favour rather than silver and gold.

2  The rich and poor cmeet together:

dThe Lord is ethe maker of them all.

3  fA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:

fBut the simple pass on, and gare punished.

4  ||By humility and the fear of the Lord

Are iriches, and honour, and life.

5  kThorns and snares are in the way of the froward:

He that doth lkeep his soul shall be far from them.

6  m||Train up a child †in the way he should go:

And when he is old, he will not depart from it.

7  The rich ruleth over the poor,

And the borrower is servant †to the lender.

8  He that osoweth piniquity shall preap vanity:

||And the qrod of his anger shall fail.

9  s†He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;

For the giveth of his bread to the poor.

10  uCast out the scorner, and contention shall go out;

Yea, wstrife and reproach shall cease.

11  xHe that loveth pureness of heart,

||For the grace of his lips ythe king shall be his friend.

12  The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,

And he zoverthroweth ||the words of the transgressor.

13  aThe slothful man saith, There is a lion without,

I shall be slain in the streets.

14  The mouth of bstrange women is ca deep pit:

dHe that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

15  Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;

But ethe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.