Proverbs 22:1-29 ESV

[1] A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. [2] The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all. [3] The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. [4] The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. [5] Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. [6] Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. [7] The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. [8] Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. [9] Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. [10] Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. [11] He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. [12] The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. [13] The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!" [14] The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it. [15] Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. [16] Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. [17] Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, [18] for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. [19] That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you. [20] Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, [21] to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? [22] Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, [23] for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. [24] Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, [25] lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. [26] Be not one of those who give pledges, who put 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 the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. [29] Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.