{"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/web/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:06:02.070Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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 more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The sluggard says, |There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!|"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court;"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger:"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}