{"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/drb/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T08:28:29.663Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","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 better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, 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 him that lendeth. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine : "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge : "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed? "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}