Proverbs 22:1-29 GW

[1] A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold. [2] The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all. [3] Sensible people foresee trouble and hide from it, but gullible people go ahead and suffer the consequence. [4] On the heels of humility (the fear of the LORD) are riches and honor and life. [5] A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them. [6] Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not turn away from it. [7] A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender. [8] Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble, and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed. [9] Whoever is generous will be blessed because he has shared his food with the poor. [10] Drive out a mocker, and conflict will leave. Quarreling and abuse will stop. [11] Whoever loves a pure heart and whoever speaks graciously has a king as his friend. [12] The LORD's eyes watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of a treacherous person. [13] A lazy person says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be murdered in the streets!" [14] The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it. [15] Foolishness is firmly attached to a child's heart. Spanking will remove it far from him. [16] Oppressing the poor for profit or giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty. [17] Open your ears, and hear the words of wise people, and set your mind on the knowledge I give you. [18] It is pleasant if you keep them in mind so that they will be on the tip of your tongue, [19] so that your trust may be in the LORD. Today I have made them known to you, especially to you. [20] Didn't I write to you previously with advice and knowledge [21] in order to teach you the words of truth so that you can give an accurate report to those who send you? [22] Do not rob the poor because they are poor or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate, [23] because the LORD will plead their case and will take the lives of those who rob them. [24] Do not be a friend of one who has a bad temper, and never keep company with a hothead, [25] or you will learn his ways and set a trap for yourself. [26] Do not be found among those who make deals with a handshake, among those who guarantee other people's loans. [27] If you have no money to pay back a loan, why should your bed be repossessed? [28] Do not move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors set in place. [29] Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve unknown people.