Proverbs 22

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.	1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.	2 Rich and poor have a common bond: the LORD is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.	3 The shrewd man perceives evil and hides, while simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.
4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.	4 The reward of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.	5 Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; he who would safeguard his life will shun them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.	6 Train a boy in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.	7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.	8 He who sows iniquity reaps calamity, and the rod destroys his labors.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.	9 The kindly man will be blessed, for he gives of his sustenance to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.	10 Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.	11 The LORD loves the pure of heart; the man of winning speech has the king for his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.	12 The eyes of the LORD safeguard knowledge, but he defeats the projects of the faithless.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.	13 The sluggard says, "A lion is outside; in the streets I might be slain."
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.	14 The mouth of the adulteress is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.	15 Folly is close to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.	16 He who oppresses the poor to enrich himself will yield up his gains to the rich as sheer loss.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.	17 The sayings of the wise: Incline your ear, and hear my words, and apply your heart to my doctrine;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.	18 For it will be well if you keep them in your bosom, if they all are ready on your lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.	19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I make known to you the words of Amen-em-Ope.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,	20 Have I not written for you the "Thirty," with counsels and knowledge,
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?	21 To teach you truly how to give a dependable report to one who sends you?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:	22 Injure not the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate;
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.	23 For the LORD will defend their cause, and will plunder the lives of those who plunder them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:	24 Be not friendly with a hotheaded man, nor the companion of a wrathful man,
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.	25 Lest you learn his ways, and get yourself into a snare.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.	26 Be not one of those who give their hand in pledge, of those who become surety for debts;
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?	27 For if you have not the means to pay, your bed will be taken from under you.
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.	28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers set up.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.	29 You see a man skilled at his work? He will stand in the presence of kings; he will not stand in the presence of obscure men.