{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T12:27:36.166Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}