22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Creator of them both.
22:3 A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
22:4 The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.
22:5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
22:6 Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8 The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
22:9 A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
22:10 Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
22:11 The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious — the king will be his friend.
22:12 The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.
22:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”
22:14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.