Proverbs 22 — YLT

22Verse 1A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold — good grace.^{Verse 2}Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah.^{Verse 3}The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.^{Verse 4}The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.^{Verse 5}Thorns — snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.^{Verse 6}Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.^{Verse 7}The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.^{Verse 8}Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.^{Verse 9}The good of eye — he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.^{Verse 10}Cast out a scorner — and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.^{Verse 11}Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.^{Verse 12}The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.^{Verse 13}The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'^{Verse 14}A deep pit [is] the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.^{Verse 15}Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.^{Verse 16}He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want.^{Verse 17}Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,^{Verse 18}For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.^{Verse 19}That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.^{Verse 20}Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?^{Verse 21}To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.^{Verse 22}Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.^{Verse 23}For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.^{Verse 24}Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,^{Verse 25}Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.^{Verse 26}Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.^{Verse 27}If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?^{Verse 28}Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.^{Verse 29}Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!