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22:1  A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
22:2  Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
22:3  The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
22:4  Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
22:5  In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
22:6  Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
22:7  The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
22:8  Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
22:9  The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
22:10  Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
22:11  One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
22:12  The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
22:13  The sluggard says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the public square!"
22:14  The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD's wrath falls into it.
22:15  Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
22:16  One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
22:17  Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
22:18  for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
22:19  So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
22:20  Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
22:21  teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
22:22  Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
22:23  for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life.
22:24  Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered,
22:25  or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
22:26  Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
22:27  if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
22:28  Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.
22:29  Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.