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| The Book of Proverbs 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||
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