Proverbs 22
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
1A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is the maker of them all.
2The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
3The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.
4The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
5Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
6It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
7The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
8He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
9He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
9He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
11He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
12The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
13The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.
14The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
16Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
16He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
17Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
17Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
18Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
19I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in the LORD.
19That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
20Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
20Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
21To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
22Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
23for the LORD will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
23Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
24Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
25lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
26Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
27If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
28Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
29Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
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