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Proverbs 22 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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On Life and Conduct

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - The rich and the poor [fn]have a common bond,
The LORD is the maker of them all.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:3 - The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the [fn]naive go on, and are punished for it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:4 - The reward of humility and the [fn]fear of the LORD
Are riches, honor and life.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards himself will be far from them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - Train up a child [fn]in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,
And the rod of his fury will perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:9 - He who [fn]is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He who loves purity of heart
And [fn]whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth of [fn]an adulteress is a deep pit;
He who is cursed of the LORD will fall [fn]into it.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He who oppresses the poor to make [fn]more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 - Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
[fn]That they may be ready on your lips.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:19 - So that your trust may be in the LORD,
I have [fn]taught you today, even you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 - Have I not written to you [fn]excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:21 - To make you know the [fn]certainty of the words of truth
That you may [fn]correctly answer him who sent you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Or crush the afflicted at the gate;
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the LORD will plead their case
And [fn]take the life of those who rob them.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Or you will learn his ways
And [fn]find a snare for yourself.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26 - Do not be among those who give [fn]pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: meet together
Literally: simple
Or, reverence
Literally: according to his way
Literally: has a good eye
Literally: has grace on his lips
Literally: strange woman
Literally: there
Literally: much
Literally: They together
Literally: made you know
Or, previous
Literally: truth
Literally: return to words of truth
Literally: rob the soul
Literally: take
Literally: strike hands
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New American Standard Bible 1995
Copyright (c) 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995
by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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