{"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/asv/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T03:16:53.888Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The sluggard saith, 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 Jehovah shall fall therein."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (ASV)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}