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World English Bible

Proverbs 22 (WEBP)

[1] A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
[2] The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
[3] A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[4] The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
[5] Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
[6] Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
[7] The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
[8] He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
[9] He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
[10] Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
[11] He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
[12] Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
[13] The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
[14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
[15] Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
[16] Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
[17] Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
[18] For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
[19] I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
[20] Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
[21] To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
[22] Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
[23] for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
[24] Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
[25] lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
[26] Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
[27] If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
[28] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
[29] Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Proverbs 22 (KJVS)

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

Proverbs 22:4 Or, The reward of humility, etc.
Proverbs 22:6a Or, catechize
Proverbs 22:6b Heb. in his way
Proverbs 22:7 Heb. to the man that lendeth
Proverbs 22:8 Or, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed
Proverbs 22:9 Heb. good of eye
Proverbs 22:11 Or, and hath grace in his lips
Proverbs 22:12 Or, the matters
Proverbs 22:18 Heb. in thy belly
Proverbs 22:19 Or, trust thou also
Proverbs 22:21 Or, to those that send thee
Proverbs 22:28 Or, bound
Proverbs 22:29 Heb. obscure men

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Proverbs 22 (BYZ)

[1] Αἱρετώτερον ὄνομα () καλὸν () ἢ () πλοῦτος () πολύς, () ὑπὲρ () δὲ () ἀργύριον () καὶ () χρυσίον () χάρις () ἀγαθή. ()
[2] Πλούσιος () καὶ () πτωχὸς () συνήντησαν () ἀλλήλοις, () ἀμφοτέρους () δὲ () ὁ () κύριος () ἐποίησεν. ()
[3] Πανοῦργος () ἰδὼν () πονηρὸν () τιμωρούμενον () κραταιῶς αὐτὸς () παιδεύεται, () οἱ () δὲ () ἄφρονες () παρελθόντες () ἐζημιώθησαν. ()
[4] Γενεὰ () σοφίας () φόβος () κυρίου () καὶ () πλοῦτος () καὶ () δόξα () καὶ () ζωή. ()
[5] Τρίβολοι () καὶ () παγίδες () ἐν () ὁδοῖς () σκολιαῖς, () ὁ () δὲ () φυλάσσων () τὴν () ἑαυτοῦ () ψυχὴν () ἀφέξεται αὐτῶν. () …
[7] Πλούσιοι () πτωχῶν () ἄρξουσιν, () καὶ () οἰκέται () ἰδίοις () δεσπόταις () δανιοῦσιν. ()
[8] Ὁ () σπείρων () φαῦλα () θερίσει () κακά, () πληγὴν () δὲ () ἔργων () αὐτοῦ () συντελέσει. () ἄνδρα () ἱλαρὸν () καὶ () δότην () εὐλογεῖ () ὁ () θεός, () ματαιότητα () δὲ () ἔργων () αὐτοῦ () συντελέσει. ()
[9] Ὁ () ἐλεῶν () πτωχὸν () αὐτὸς () διατραφήσεται· τῶν () γὰρ () ἑαυτοῦ () ἄρτων () ἔδωκεν () τῷ () πτωχῷ. () νίκην () καὶ () τιμὴν () περιποιεῖται () ὁ () δῶρα () δούς, () τὴν () μέντοι () ψυχὴν () ἀφαιρεῖται () τῶν () κεκτημένων. ()
[10] Ἔκβαλε () ἐκ () συνεδρίου () λοιμόν, () καὶ () συνεξελεύσεται αὐτῷ () νεῖκος· ὅταν () γὰρ () καθίσῃ () ἐν () συνεδρίῳ, () πάντας () ἀτιμάζει. ()
[11] Ἀγαπᾷ () κύριος () ὁσίας () καρδίας, () δεκτοὶ () δὲ () αὐτῷ () πάντες () ἄμωμοι· () χείλεσιν () ποιμαίνει () βασιλεύς. ()
[12] Οἱ () δὲ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () κυρίου () διατηροῦσιν () αἴσθησιν, () φαυλίζει δὲ () λόγους () παράνομος.
[13] Προφασίζεται καὶ () λέγει () ὀκνηρός () Λέων () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς, () ἐν () δὲ () ταῖς () πλατείαις () φονευταί.
[14] Βόθρος βαθὺς () στόμα () παρανόμου, ὁ () δὲ () μισηθεὶς () ὑπὸ () κυρίου () ἐμπεσεῖται () εἰς () αὐτόν. () εἰσὶν () ὁδοὶ () κακαὶ () ἐνώπιον () ἀνδρός, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀγαπᾷ () τοῦ () ἀποστρέψαι () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν· () ἀποστρέφειν () δὲ () δεῖ () ἀπὸ () ὁδοῦ () σκολιᾶς () καὶ () κακῆς. ()
[15] Ἄνοια () ἐξῆπται καρδίας () νέου, () ῥάβδος () δὲ () καὶ () παιδεία () μακρὰν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Ὁ () συκοφαντῶν () πένητα () πολλὰ () ποιεῖ () τὰ () ἑαυτοῦ· () δίδωσιν () δὲ () πλουσίῳ () ἐπ’ () ἐλάσσονι. ()
[17] Λόγοις () σοφῶν () παράβαλλε () σὸν () οὖς () καὶ () ἄκουε () ἐμὸν () λόγον, () τὴν () δὲ () σὴν () καρδίαν () ἐπίστησον, () ἵνα () γνῷς () ὅτι () καλοί () εἰσιν· ()
[18] καὶ () ἐὰν () ἐμβάλῃς () αὐτοὺς () εἰς () τὴν () καρδίαν () σου, () εὐφρανοῦσίν () σε () ἅμα () ἐπὶ () σοῖς () χείλεσιν, ()
[19] ἵνα () σου () γένηται () ἐπὶ () κύριον () ἡ () ἐλπὶς () καὶ () γνωρίσῃ () σοι () τὴν () ὁδὸν () αὐτοῦ. ()
[20] Καὶ () σὺ () δὲ () ἀπόγραψαι () αὐτὰ () σεαυτῷ () τρισσῶς εἰς () βουλὴν () καὶ () γνῶσιν () ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλάτος () τῆς () καρδίας () σου. ()
[21] Διδάσκω () οὖν () σε () ἀληθῆ () λόγον () καὶ () γνῶσιν () ἀγαθὴν () ὑπακούειν () τοῦ () ἀποκρίνεσθαι () λόγους () ἀληθείας () τοῖς () προβαλλομένοις () σοι. ()
[22] Μὴ () ἀποβιάζου πένητα, () πτωχὸς () γάρ () ἐστιν, () καὶ () μὴ () ἀτιμάσῃς () ἀσθενῆ () ἐν () πύλαις· ()
[23] ὁ () γὰρ () κύριος () κρινεῖ () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () κρίσιν, () καὶ () ῥύσῃ () σὴν () ἄσυλον ψυχήν. ()
[24] Μὴ () ἴσθι () ἑταῖρος () ἀνδρὶ () θυμώδει, φίλῳ () δὲ () ὀργίλῳ () μὴ () συναυλίζου,
[25] μήποτε () μάθῃς () τῶν () ὁδῶν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () λάβῃς () βρόχους () τῇ () σῇ () ψυχῇ. ()
[26] Μὴ () δίδου () σεαυτὸν () εἰς () ἐγγύην αἰσχυνόμενος () πρόσωπον· ()
[27] ἐὰν () γὰρ () μὴ () ἔχῃς () πόθεν () ἀποτείσῃς, () λήμψονται () τὸ () στρῶμα τὸ () ὑπὸ () τὰς () πλευράς () σου. ()
[28] Μὴ () μέταιρε () ὅρια () αἰώνια, () ἃ () ἔθεντο () οἱ () πατέρες () σου. ()
[29] Ὁρατικὸν ἄνδρα () καὶ () ὀξὺν () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔργοις () αὐτοῦ () βασιλεῦσι () δεῖ () παρεστάναι () καὶ () μὴ () παρεστάναι () ἀνδράσι () νωθροῖς. ()

Proverbs 22:8 Originally verses 22:8 and 22:8a.
Proverbs 22:9 Originally verses 22:9 and 22:9a.
Proverbs 22:14 Originally verses 22:14 and 22:14a.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.