Parallel Bible results for "Proverbs 22:1-6"

Proverbs 22:1-6

1 A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

2 The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all.

2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

3 The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it.

3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.

4 Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.

5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

6 Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.