{"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/dbt/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:07:45.754Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","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; loving favour rather than silver and gold."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The rich and 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 are punished."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and 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 unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end."},{"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 scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth 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: they shall be together fitted on thy lips."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest 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 the soul of those that despoil them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"if thou hast nothing 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":"Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (DBT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}