Proverbs 22:4-21

⁴The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.

⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.

⁶Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

⁷The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

⁸He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.

⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

¹⁰Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.

¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.

¹²The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.

¹³The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.

¹⁵Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want.

¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.

¹⁹That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

²⁰Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,

²¹that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?