Douay Bible - Proverbs Chapter 22

Proverbs 22:1
A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:2
The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.

Proverbs 22:3
The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.

Proverbs 22:4
The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

Proverbs 22:5
Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

Proverbs 22:6
It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

Proverbs 22:9
He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.

Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.

Proverbs 22:11
He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.

Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.

Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Proverbs 22:14
The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.

Proverbs 22:15
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

Proverbs 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.

Proverbs 22:17
Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :

Proverbs 22:18
Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:

Proverbs 22:19
That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.

Proverbs 22:20
Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge :

Proverbs 22:21
That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.

Proverbs 22:22
Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

Proverbs 22:23
Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

Proverbs 22:24
Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

Proverbs 22:25
Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.

Proverbs 22:26
Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

Proverbs 22:27
For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?

Proverbs 22:28
Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.