Proverbs 22

1: A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.

2: Rich and poor have a common bond: the Lord is the maker of them all.

3: The shrewd man perceives evil and hides, while simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.

4: The reward of humility and fear of the Lord is riches, honor and life.

5: Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; he who would safeguard his life will shun them.

6: Train a boy in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.

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9: The kindly man will be blessed, for he gives of his sustenance to the poor.

10: Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease.

11: The Lord loves the pure of heart; the man of winning speech has the king for his friend.

12: The eyes of the Lord safeguard knowledge, but he defeats the projects of the faithless.

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15: Folly is close to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

16: He who oppresses the poor to enrich himself will yield up his gains to the rich as sheer loss.

17: The sayings of the wise: Incline your ear, and hear my words, and apply your heart to my doctrine;

18: For it will be well if you keep them in your bosom, if they all are ready on your lips.

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22: Injury not the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate;

23: For the Lord will defend their cause, and will plunder the lives of those who plunder them.

24: Be not friendly with a hotheaded man, nor the companion of a wrathful man,

25: Lest you learn his ways, and get yourself into a snare.

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29: You see a man skilled at his work?  He will stand in the presence of kings; he will not stand in the presence of obscure men.