Thematic Bible
Proverbs 22:1 (show verse)
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
Proverbs 22:2 (show verse)
The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:3 (show verse)
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
Proverbs 22:4 (show verse)
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22:5 (show verse)
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
Proverbs 22:6 (show verse)
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:7 (show verse)
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:8 (show verse)
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Proverbs 22:9 (show verse)
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 22:10 (show verse)
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Proverbs 22:11 (show verse)
He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
Proverbs 22:12 (show verse)
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
Proverbs 22:13 (show verse)
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 22:14 (show verse)
The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
Proverbs 22:15 (show verse)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:16 (show verse)
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:17 (show verse)
Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
Proverbs 22:18 (show verse)
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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Proverbs 22:19 (show verse)
That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
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Proverbs 22:20 (show verse)
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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Proverbs 22:21 (show verse)
to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
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Proverbs 22:22 (show verse)
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
Proverbs 22:23 (show verse)
for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
Proverbs 22:24 (show verse)
Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
Proverbs 22:25 (show verse)
lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22:26 (show verse)
Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
Proverbs 22:27 (show verse)
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Proverbs 22:28 (show verse)
Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
Proverbs 22:29 (show verse)
Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.