22:1 | [NASB] A {good} name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold. |
22:2 | [NASB] The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all. |
22:3 | [NASB] The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it. |
22:4 | [NASB] The reward of humility {and} the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. |
22:5 | [NASB] Thorns {and} snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them. |
22:6 | [NASB] Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
22:7 | [NASB] The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower {becomes} the lender's slave. |
22:8 | [NASB] He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish. |
22:9 | [NASB] He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor. |
22:10 | [NASB] Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease. |
22:11 | [NASB] He who loves purity of heart {And} whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend. |
22:12 | [NASB] The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man. |
22:13 | [NASB] The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!" |
22:14 | [NASB] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it. |
22:15 | [NASB] Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. |
22:16 | [NASB] He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, {will} only {come to} poverty. |
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22:17 | [NASB] Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; |
22:18 | [NASB] For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. |
22:19 | [NASB] So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you. |
22:20 | [NASB] Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, |
22:21 | [NASB] To make you know the certainty of the words of truth That you may correctly answer him who sent you? |
22:22 | [NASB] Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or crush the afflicted at the gate; |
22:23 | [NASB] For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them. |
22:24 | [NASB] Do not associate with a man {given} to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, |
22:25 | [NASB] Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself. |
22:26 | [NASB] Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts. |
22:27 | [NASB] If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you? |
22:28 | [NASB] Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set. |
22:29 | [NASB] Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men. |
23:1 | [NASB] When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, |
23:2 | [NASB] And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of {great} appetite. |
23:3 | [NASB] Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food. |
23:4 | [NASB] Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration {of it.} |
23:5 | [NASB] When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For {wealth} certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies {toward} the heavens. |
23:6 | [NASB] Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; |
23:7 | [NASB] For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. |
23:8 | [NASB] You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments. |
23:9 | [NASB] Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. |
23:10 | [NASB] Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless, |
23:11 | [NASB] For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you. |
23:12 | [NASB] Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge. |
23:13 | [NASB] Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. |
23:14 | [NASB] You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol. |
23:15 | [NASB] My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad; |
23:16 | [NASB] And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right. |
23:17 | [NASB] Do not let your heart envy sinners, But {live} in the fear of the LORD always. |
23:18 | [NASB] Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. |
23:19 | [NASB] Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. |
23:20 | [NASB] Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, {Or} with gluttonous eaters of meat; |
23:21 | [NASB] For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe {one} with rags. |
23:22 | [NASB] Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. |
23:23 | [NASB] Buy truth, and do not sell {it,} {Get} wisdom and instruction and understanding. |
23:24 | [NASB] The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him. |
23:25 | [NASB] Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you. |
23:26 | [NASB] Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. |
23:27 | [NASB] For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well. |
23:28 | [NASB] Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men. |
23:29 | [NASB] Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? |
23:30 | [NASB] Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine. |
23:31 | [NASB] Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; |
23:32 | [NASB] At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper. |
23:33 | [NASB] Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things. |
23:34 | [NASB] And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast. |
23:35 | [NASB] "They struck me, {but} I did not become ill; They beat me, {but} I did not know {it.} When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." |