Proverbs 22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches; rather than silver or gold, favor is better.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches; rather than silver or gold, favor is better. ² The rich and poor meet together, Jehovah is the Maker of all of them. ³ A sensible one sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple go on and are punished. ⁴ The reward of humility is the fear of Jehovah, riches, and honor, and life. ⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse, he who keeps his soul shall be far from them. ⁶ Train up a boy on the opening of his way, even when he is old, he will not turn aside from it. ⁷ The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to a man who lends. ⁸ He who sows injustice will reap evil, and the rod of his wrath shall fail. ⁹ He who has a good eye, he is blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. ¹⁰ Throw the scorner out and strife shall go out; yea, quarrels and shame shall cease. ¹¹ He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king shall be his friend. ¹² The eyes of Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the treacherous. ¹³ The lazy one says, A lion is outside! I will be killed in the streets! ¹⁴ The mouth of alien women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there. ¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a boy, the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ¹⁶ One oppresses the poor to multiply for himself, another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty. ¹⁷ Stretch your ear and hear the words of the wise, and set your heart to My knowledge, ¹⁸ for they are pleasant when you keep them within you; they shall all be fixed together on your lips, ¹⁹ So that your trust may be in Jehovah. I caused you to know today, even you. ²⁰ Have I not written to you the third time with counsels and knowledge, ²¹ to cause you to know the verity of the words of truth, to return words of truth to those who send you? ²² Rob not the poor because he is poor, and oppress not the afflicted in the gate. ²³ For Jehovah will contend for their cause, and will plunder the soul of their plunderers. ²⁴ Do not feed a possessor of anger, and do not go in with a man of fury, ²⁵ lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul. ²⁶ Do not be one of those who strike the palm, those who are sureties for loans. ²⁷ If you have nothing to repay, why should he take away your bed from under you? ²⁸ Do not move the old landmark which your fathers have set. ²⁹ Do you see a man who is prompt in his work? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before obscure men .