Proverbs 22:1-29 BSB

[1] A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. [2] The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all. [3] The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. [4] The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. [5] Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. [6] Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. [7] The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. [8] He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. [9] A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. [10] Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease. [11] He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend. [12] The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless. [13] The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!” [14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. [15] Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. [16] Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty. [17] Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise —apply your mind to my knowledge — [18] for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. [19] So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today — yes, you. [20] Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, [21] to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you? [22] Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, [23] for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them. [24] Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, [25] or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. [26] Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. [27] If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? [28] Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed. [29] Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.