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Proverbs 22

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

2 The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

3 The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

4 The reward of a gentle spirit and the fear of the Lord is wealth and honour and life.

5 Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

7 The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.

8 By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.

9 He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.

10 Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

11 He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

13 The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep hole: he with whom the Lord is angry will go down into it.

15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

18 For it is a delight to keep them in your heart, to have them ready on your lips.

19 So that your faith may be in the Lord, I have made them clear to you this day, even to you.

20 Have I not put in writing for you thirty sayings, with wise suggestions and knowledge,

21 To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?

22 Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

23 For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.

24 Do not be friends with a man who is given to wrath; do not go in the company of an angry man:

25 For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

26 Be not one of those who give their hands in an agreement, or of those who make themselves responsible for debts:

27 If you have nothing with which to make payment, he will take away your bed from under you.

28 Let not the old landmark be moved which your fathers have put in place.

29 Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 2 A shem tov is rather to be desired than osher rav, and chen (grace) rather than kesef and zahav.

2 The oisher (rich man) and the rahsh (pauper) have this in common: Hashem is the Oseh (Maker) of them all.

3 A prudent man foreseeth the ra’ah, and hideth himself, but the naïve trudge on, and are punished.

4 By anavah (humility) and the Yirat Hashem are osher, and kavod, and chayyim.

5 Thorns and pachim (snares) are in the derech of the crooked; he that is shomer over his nefesh shall be far from them.

6 Train up a na’ar in the derech (road) he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

7 The oisher ruleth over the rahshim (paupers), and the loveh (borrower, debtor) is eved (slave) to the ish malveh (lender).

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap aven (iniquity), and the shevet (rod) of his wrath shall disappear.

9 He that hath a tov ayin (generous eye) shall have a bracha; for he giveth of his lechem to the dal (poor).

10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall leave; indeed, strife and kalon (shame) shall cease.

11 He that loveth tahor lev (a pure heart), for the chen (grace) on his sfatayim (lips) the Melech shall be his re’a (friend).

12 The eynayim of Hashem preserve da’as, and He overthroweth the devarim of the boged (unfaithful, treacherous, traitor).

13 The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is an ari (lion) outside; I shall be murdered in the streets.

14 The peh (mouth) of zarot (strange women) is a deep pit; he that is under the wrath of Hashem shall fall therein.

15 Folly is bound in the lev na’ar, but the shevet musar (rod of correction) shall drive it far from him.

16 He that oppresseth the dal (poor) in order to increase, and he that giveth to the oisher, shall surely come to machsor (poverty, want).

17 Bow down thine ozen, and hear the devarim of chachamim, and apply thine lev (mind, heart) unto my da’as.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou be shomer over them within thee; they shall therewith abide ready upon thy sfatayim (lips).

19 That thy trust may be in Hashem, I have made thee know this yom, even thee!

20 Have not I written to thee shloshim (thirty sayings) in mo’etzot (counsels) and da’as,

21 That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee?

22 Exploit not the dal (poor), because he is dal (poor); neither oppress the oni (afflicted) in the sha’ar,

23 For Hashem will plead their cause, and plunder the nefesh of those that plundered them.

24 Make no friendship with a ba’al af (angry man), and with an ish chemot (man of wrath) thou shalt not go,

25 Lest thou learn his orkhot (ways), and take a mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh.

26 Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, or of them that are collateral for masha’ot (debts, loans).

27 If thou hast nothing with which to pay, why should he take away thy mishkav (bed) from under thee?

28 Remove not the gevul olam (ancient landmark), which avoteicha have set.

29 Seest thou an ish mahir (diligent, one who excells) in his work? He shall stand before melachim; he shall not stand before obscure men.