en_cjb - Pro 22 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Rather than wealth, choose a good reputation, esteem over silver and gold.

² Rich and poor have this in common — ADONAI made them both.

³ The clever see trouble coming and hide; the simple go on and pay the penalty.

⁴ The reward for humility is fear of ADONAI, along with wealth, honor and life.

⁵ Thorns and snares beset the way of the stubborn; he who values his life keeps his distance from them.

⁶ Train a child in the way he [should] go; and, even when old, he will not swerve from it.

⁷ The rich rule the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

⁸ He who sows injustice reaps trouble, and the rod of his angry outburst will fail.

⁹ He who is generous is blessed, because he shares his food with the poor.

¹⁰ Throw the scoffer out, and quarreling goes too; strife and insults cease.

¹¹ He who loves the pure-hearted and is gracious in speech will have the king as his friend.

¹² The eyes of ADONAI protect [the man with] knowledge, but he overturns the plans of a traitor.

¹³ A lazy man says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed if I go out in the street!”

¹⁴ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; the man with whom ADONAI is angry falls into it.

¹⁵ Doing wrong is firmly tied to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away from him.

¹⁶ Both oppressing the poor to enrich oneself and giving to the rich yield only loss.

¹⁷ Pay attention, and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge;

¹⁸ for it is pleasant to keep them deep within you; have all of them ready on your lips.

¹⁹ I want your trust to be in ADONAI; this is why I’m instructing you about them today.

²⁰ I have written you worthwhile things full of good counsel and knowledge,

²¹ so you will know that these sayings are certainly true and bring back true sayings to him who sent you.

²² Don’t exploit the helpless, because they are helpless, and don’t crush the poor in court,

²³ for ADONAI will plead their case for them and withhold life from those who defraud them.

²⁴ Don’t associate with an angry man; make no hot-tempered man your companion.

²⁵ If you do, you may learn his ways and find yourself caught in a trap.

²⁶ Don’t be one of those who give pledges, guaranteeing loans made to others;

²⁷ for if you don’t have the wherewithal to pay, they will take your bed away from underneath you.

²⁸ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

²⁹ Do you see a man skilled at his work? He will serve kings, not obscure people.