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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1995</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/proverbs/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>On Life and Conduct</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>A <i>good</i> name is to be more desired than great wealth,<br> Favor is better than silver and gold.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich and the poor have a common bond,<br> The L<font size="1">ORD</font> is the maker of them all.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,<br> But the naive go on, and are punished for it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>The reward of humility <i>and</i> the fear of the L<font size="1">ORD</font><br> Are riches, honor and life.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>Thorns <i>and</i> snares are in the way of the perverse;<br> He who guards himself will be far from them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>Train up a child in the way he should go,<br> Even when he is old he will not depart from it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>The rich rules over the poor,<br> And the borrower <i>becomes</i> the lender’s slave.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,<br> And the rod of his fury will perish.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>He who is generous will be blessed,<br> For he gives some of his food to the poor.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,<br> Even strife and dishonor will cease.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>He who loves purity of heart<br> <i>And</i> whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>The eyes of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> preserve knowledge,<br> But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;<br> I will be killed in the streets!”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;<br> He who is cursed of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will fall into it.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;<br> The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself<br> Or who gives to the rich, <i>will</i> only <i>come to</i> poverty.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,<br> And apply your mind to my knowledge;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,<br> That they may be ready on your lips.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>So that your trust may be in the L<font size="1">ORD</font>,<br> I have taught you today, even you.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I not written to you excellent things<br> Of counsels and knowledge,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>To make you know the certainty of the words of truth<br> That you may correctly answer him who sent you?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not rob the poor because he is poor,<br> Or crush the afflicted at the gate;<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>For the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will plead their case<br> And take the life of those who rob them.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>Do not associate with a man <i>given</i> to anger;<br> Or go with a hot-tempered man,<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Or you will learn his ways<br> And find a snare for yourself.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Do not be among those who give pledges,<br> Among those who become guarantors for debts.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>If you have nothing with which to pay,<br> Why should he take your bed from under you?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not move the ancient boundary<br> Which your fathers have set.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>Do you see a man skilled in his work?<br> He will stand before kings;<br> He will not stand before obscure men.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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