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| Proverbs 22:1 | A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold. | A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold good grace. | A good name is more desirable than great riches; Loving favor rather than silver and gold. | A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold. |
| Proverbs 22:2 | The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all. | Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah. | The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. | The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both. |
| Proverbs 22:3 | A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. | The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished. | A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. | The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. |
| Proverbs 22:4 | The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life. | The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life. | The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh Is wealth, honor, and life. | The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life. |
| Proverbs 22:5 | Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. | Thorns snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. | Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them. | Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them. |
| Proverbs 22:6 | Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. | Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. | Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it. | 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 the lender. | The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender. | The rich rules over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. | The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth. |
| Proverbs 22:8 | He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. | Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. | He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, And the rod of his fury will be destroyed. | He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed. |
| Proverbs 22:9 | He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor. | The good of eye he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor. | He who has a generous eye will be blessed; For he shares his food with the poor. | 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 will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease. | Cast out a scorner and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease. | Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; Yes, quarrels and insults will stop. | Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease. |
| Proverbs 22:11 | He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. | Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend. | He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully Is the king's friend. | 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 Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. | The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous. | The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; But he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. | The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown. |
| Proverbs 22:13 | The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets. | The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.` | The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!" | 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 strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein. | A deep pit [is] the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there. | The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: He who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it. | The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. |
| Proverbs 22:15 | Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. | Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him. | Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: The rod of discipline drives it far from him. | 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 increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want. | He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich only to want. | Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, Both come to poverty. | 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 thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. | Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, | Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. | Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine : |
| Proverbs 22:18 | For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. | For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. | For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, If all of them are ready on your lips. | 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 Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. | That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou. | That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you. | That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day. |
| Proverbs 22:20 | Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, | Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge? | Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things Of counsel and knowledge, | Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge : |
| Proverbs 22:21 | To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee? | To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee. | To teach you truth, reliable words, To give sound answers to the ones who sent you? | 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 | Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: | Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. | Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; And don't crush the needy in court; | Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: |
| Proverbs 22:23 | For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them. | For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers. | For Yahweh will plead their case, And plunder the life of those who plunder them. | Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul. |
| Proverbs 22:24 | Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: | Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, | Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger: | Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: |
| Proverbs 22:25 | Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul. | Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul. | Lest you learn his ways, And ensnare your soul. | Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul. |
| Proverbs 22:26 | Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts. | Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens. | Don't you be one of those who strike hands, Of those who are collateral for debts. | Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: |
| Proverbs 22:27 | If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? | If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee? | If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you? | For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed? |
| Proverbs 22:28 | Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. | Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made. | Don't move the ancient boundary stone, Which your fathers have set up. | Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. |
| Proverbs 22:29 | Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men. | Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men! | Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings; He won't serve obscure men. | Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure. |
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