# Proverbs 22

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/22

Translated from Hebrew and Greek with AI, then checked for clarity and fidelity.

1. A name is preferable to great riches, and good favor is better than silver and gold.
2. Rich and poor meet; Yahweh makes them all.
3. A prudent person sees calamity and hides himself, but the simple pass through and are punished.
4. The reward of humility and fear of Yahweh is riches, honor, and life.
5. Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
6. Train a child according to his way, and even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it.
7. The rich rule the poor, and the borrower is the lender's servant.
8. Whoever sows injustice reaps evil, and the rod of his wrath will fail.
9. He with a good eye will be blessed, for he gives his bread to the poor.
10. Drive the scoffer away, and contention will depart; quarrels and shame will cease.
11. The one who loves purity of heart is the king's friend for the grace of his lips.
12. The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge, but he subverts the words of the treacherous.
13. The sluggard says, "A lion outside! I will be slain in the midst of the streets!"
14. The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; one abhorred by Yahweh falls there.
15. Folly is bound in a child's heart; a rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16. Whoever defrauds the poor to multiply his gain and whoever gives to the rich surely comes to lack.
17. Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and set your heart to my knowledge.
18. For it is pleasant when you keep them deep within you, since they will all be established together on your lips.
19. I have made known to you today, even you, that your confidence may be in Yahweh.
20. Haven't I prescribed to you threefold excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21. to make you know the reliability of words of truth, to answer with words of truth those who send you.
22. Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.
23. For Yahweh will argue their case and rob the life of their robbers.
24. Do not associate with an angry man, and do not go with a furious man.
25. lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.
26. Do not be among those who strike hands, among those who pledge debts.
27. If you have nothing to repay, why should he take your bed from beneath you?
28. Do not remove the ancient boundary that your fathers set.
29. Do you see a man quick in his craft? He stands before kings; he does not stand before obscure men.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 21](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/21.md)
[Proverbs 23](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/23.md)

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