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class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/proverbs/22.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>The Value of a Good Name</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Prov-22-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A <i>good</i> name is to be chosen rather than great riches,</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-1">Loving favor rather than silver and gold.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich and the poor have this in common,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-2">The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> <i>is</i> the maker of them all.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A prudent <i>man</i> foresees evil and hides himself,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-3">But the simple pass on and are punished.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>By humility <i>and</i> the fear of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-4"><i>Are</i> riches and honor and life.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thorns <i>and</i> snares <i>are</i> in the way of the perverse;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-5">He who guards his soul will be far from them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Train up a child in the way he should go,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-6"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>And when he is old he will not depart from it.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The rich rules over the poor,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-7">And the borrower <i>is</i> servant to the lender.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span></span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-8">And the rod of his anger will fail.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He who has a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>generous eye will be blessed,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-9">For he gives of his bread to the poor.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-10">Yes, strife and reproach will cease.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He who loves purity of heart</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-11"><i>And has</i> grace on his lips,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-11">The king <i>will be</i> his friend.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The eyes of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> preserve knowledge,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-12">But He overthrows the words of the faithless.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The lazy <i>man</i> says, “<i>There is</i> a lion outside!</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-13">I shall be slain in the streets!”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The mouth of an immoral woman <i>is</i> a deep pit;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-14">He who is abhorred by the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will fall there.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Foolishness <i>is</i> bound up in the heart of a child;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-15">The rod of correction will drive it far from him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He who oppresses the poor to increase his <i>riches,</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-16"><i>And</i> he who gives to the rich, <i>will</i> surely <i>come</i> to poverty.</span></p></div> <h3> Sayings of the Wise</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-22-17"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-17">And apply your heart to my knowledge;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For <i>it is</i> a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-18">Let them all be fixed upon your lips,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So that your trust may be in the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-19">I have instructed you today, even you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I not written to you excellent things</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-20">Of counsels and knowledge,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-21">That you may answer words of truth</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-21">To those who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>send to you?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not rob the poor because he <i>is</i> poor,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-22">Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> will plead their cause,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-23">And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Make no friendship with an angry man,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-24">And with a furious man do not go,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Lest you learn his ways</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-25">And set a snare for your soul.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do not be one of those who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>shakes hands in a pledge,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-26">One of those who is <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>surety for debts;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>If you have nothing <i>with which</i> to pay,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-27">Why should he take away your bed from under you?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not remove the ancient <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>landmark</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-28">Which your fathers have set.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do you see a man <i>who</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[h]</a></span>excels in his work?</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-29">He will stand before kings;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-22-29">He will not stand before <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[i]</a></span>unknown <i>men.</i></span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17022a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:6">Proverbs 22:6</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>Even</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17024b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:8">Proverbs 22:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>trouble</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17025c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:9">Proverbs 22:9</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>good</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17037d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:21">Proverbs 22:21</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>send you</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17042e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:26">Proverbs 22:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>strikes</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17042f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:26">Proverbs 22:26</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>guaranty</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17044g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:28">Proverbs 22:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>boundary</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17045h"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:29">Proverbs 22:29</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>is prompt in his business</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17045i"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 22:29">Proverbs 22:29</span> <span 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