{"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/ylt/proverbs/22","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:28:50.951Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":22,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":21,"nextChapter":23,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":29},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold — good grace."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thorns — snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The good of eye — he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Cast out a scorner — and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich — only to want."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 22 (YLT)","markdown":"[Proverbs 22](https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/22)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/proverbs/22 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}