Proverbs 22:1-29 KJ21

[1] A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor 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 by and are punished. [4] With humility and the fear of the LORD come riches and honor and life. [5] Thorns and snares are in the path of the froward; he that doth keep his soul shall stay 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 away; 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 a strange woman is a deep pit; he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein. [15] Foolishness is bound into 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, that they may indeed be ready upon thy lips. [19] That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made it known to thee this day, even to thee! [20] Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsel 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 at the gate; [23] for the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoiled 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 for 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 men of low estate.