# Proverbs 22

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

## Text

[1] A good name is more desirable than great riches;
favor is better than silver and gold. [2] The rich and the poor have this in common:
The LORD is Maker of them all. [3] The prudent see danger and take cover,
but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. [4] The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD
are wealth and honor and life. [5] Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse;
he who guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender. [8] He who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. [9] A generous man will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor. [10] Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart;
even quarreling and insults will cease. [11] He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips
will have the king for a friend. [12] The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He frustrates the words of the faithless. [13] The slacker says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be slain in the streets!” [14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. [15] Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. [16] Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich
will surely lead to poverty. [17] Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—
apply your mind to my knowledge— [18] for it is pleasing when you keep them within you
and they are constantly on your lips. [19] So that your trust may be in the LORD,
I instruct you today—yes, you. [20] Have I not written for you thirty sayings
about counsel and knowledge, [21] to show you true and reliable words,
that you may soundly answer those who sent you? [22] Do not rob a poor man because he is poor,
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, [23] for the LORD will take up their case
and will plunder those who rob them. [24] Do not make friends with an angry man,
and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, [25] or you may learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare. [26] Do not be one who gives pledges,
who puts up security for debts. [27] If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you? [28] Do not move an ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have placed. [29] Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will be stationed in the presence of kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.

## Each verse

- Proverbs 22:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/1
- Proverbs 22:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/2
- Proverbs 22:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/3
- Proverbs 22:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/4
- Proverbs 22:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/5
- Proverbs 22:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/6
- Proverbs 22:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/7
- Proverbs 22:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/8
- Proverbs 22:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/9
- Proverbs 22:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/10
- Proverbs 22:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/11
- Proverbs 22:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/12
- Proverbs 22:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/13
- Proverbs 22:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/14
- Proverbs 22:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/15
- Proverbs 22:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/16
- Proverbs 22:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/17
- Proverbs 22:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/18
- Proverbs 22:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/19
- Proverbs 22:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/20
- Proverbs 22:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/21
- Proverbs 22:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/22
- Proverbs 22:23 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/23
- Proverbs 22:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/24
- Proverbs 22:25 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/25
- Proverbs 22:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/26
- Proverbs 22:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/27
- Proverbs 22:28 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/28
- Proverbs 22:29 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/22/29