Proverbs 22 : 1 (HCSB)
A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22 : 2 (HCSB)
The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD made them both.
Proverbs 22 : 3 (HCSB)
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
Proverbs 22 : 4 (HCSB)
The result of humility is fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 22 : 5 (HCSB)
There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.
Proverbs 22 : 6 (HCSB)
Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22 : 7 (HCSB)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22 : 8 (HCSB)
The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 22 : 9 (HCSB)
A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
Proverbs 22 : 10 (HCSB)
Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then lawsuits and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 22 : 11 (HCSB)
The one who loves a pure heart and gracious lips-- the king is his friend.
Proverbs 22 : 12 (HCSB)
The LORD's eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
Proverbs 22 : 13 (HCSB)
The slacker says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 22 : 14 (HCSB)
The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the LORD will fall into it.
Proverbs 22 : 15 (HCSB)
Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth; the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.
Proverbs 22 : 16 (HCSB)
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich-- both lead only to poverty.
Proverbs 22 : 17 (HCSB)
Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
Proverbs 22 : 18 (HCSB)
For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
Proverbs 22 : 19 (HCSB)
I have instructed you today-- even you-- so that your confidence may be in the LORD.
Proverbs 22 : 20 (HCSB)
Haven't I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22 : 21 (HCSB)
in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who sent you?
Proverbs 22 : 22 (HCSB)
Don't rob a poor man because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the gate,
Proverbs 22 : 23 (HCSB)
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
Proverbs 22 : 24 (HCSB)
Don't make friends with an angry man, and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man,
Proverbs 22 : 25 (HCSB)
or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22 : 26 (HCSB)
Don't be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.
Proverbs 22 : 27 (HCSB)
If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
Proverbs 22 : 28 (HCSB)
Don't move an ancient property line that your fathers set up.
Proverbs 22 : 29 (HCSB)
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.
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