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PRO 22:1–22:29 ©

The Book of Proverbs 22

22Being someone whom people respect is more important than being very wealthy.

Indeed, being someone whom others approve of is better than having silver and gold.

2Rich people and poor people have at least one thing in common:

Yahweh made both of them.

3Sensible people observe something dangerous happening and avoid it,

but naive people ignorantly do not avoid it and suffer for doing so.

4People who are humble, who reverently fear Yahweh,

will become rich, people will respect them, and they will live for a long time.

5Deceptive people live dangerously, as if they were walking down a road covered with thorns and traps;

but people who want to stay alive avoid living that way.

6Teach children how to behave properly,

so that when they become old, they will still continue to do so.

7Rich people reign over poor people,

and people who borrow money from others are slaves to the people who loaned them money.

8People who act unjustly will suffer for doing so,

and they will no longer be able to furiously oppress other people.

9Yahweh will bless generous people

because they give their own food to poor people.

10If you banish people who ridicule others, then people will stop arguing with each other,

quarreling with each other, and shaming each other.

11People who love thinking purely

speak graciously and are companions of kings.

12Yahweh preserves what people should know,

but he makes what treacherous people say fail.

13Lazy people do nothing because they claim that there is a lion outside that will kill them in the street if they go outside.

14What adulterous women say is as dangerous as a deep hole;

those whom Yahweh is angry with will fall into it.

15Children inherently think foolishly,

but physically disciplining them will teach them to stop being foolish.

16People who oppress poor people in order to make more money for themselves,

or who gives things to rich people in order to become rich, will only become poor.

17Listen carefully to what wise people have said;

consider carefully what I am teaching you!

18Do this because if you remember these sayings

and are always ready to repeat them to others, then you will be glad.

19I am teaching these sayings to you—yes, you—right now

so that you will trust Yahweh.

20I am indeed writing these 30 sayings

to advise and teach you.

21I am writing them in order to teach you what is true in trustworthy sayings,

and in order to answer those who sent you with trustworthy sayings.

22Do not steal from poor people just because they are poor;

and do not oppress suffering people in court.

23Do not do these things because Yahweh will defend those poor people when you dispute with them,

and he will kill the people who stole from them.

24Do not become friends with angry people.

Indeed, do not associate with people who easily become angry.

25If you do so, then you will act like them,

and you will endanger yourself like an animal caught in a trap.

26Stay away from those people who agree to pay loans for others.

Indeed, stay away from those people who guarantee to pay the loans of others.

27For if you cannot pay back the loan,

then the person to whom you owe money will surely take away even your own bed in order to pay back the loan.

28Do not cheat people by moving the stones that their ancestors placed long ago

to mark the boundaries of their land.

29Consider this: people who work skillfully will serve kings

rather than serving unknown people.

PRO 22:1–22:29 ©

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