Proverbs 22

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and high esteem, than gold and silver.	1 A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2 Rich and poor have a common bond: the LORD is the maker of them all.	2 The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3 The shrewd man perceives evil and hides, while simpletons continue on and suffer the penalty.	3 The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4 The reward of humility and fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.	4 The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5 Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked; he who would safeguard his life will shun them.	5 Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
6 Train a boy in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not swerve from it.	6 It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.	7 The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
8 He who sows iniquity reaps calamity, and the rod destroys his labors.	8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
9 The kindly man will be blessed, for he gives of his sustenance to the poor.	9 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.
10 Expel the arrogant man and discord goes out; strife and insult cease.	10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
11 The LORD loves the pure of heart; the man of winning speech has the king for his friend.	11 He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD safeguard knowledge, but he defeats the projects of the faithless.	12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
13 The sluggard says, "A lion is outside; in the streets I might be slain."	13 The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
14 The mouth of the adulteress is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.	14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
15 Folly is close to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.	15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
16 He who oppresses the poor to enrich himself will yield up his gains to the rich as sheer loss.	16 He that oppresseth the poor, to increase his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
17 The sayings of the wise: Incline your ear, and hear my words, and apply your heart to my doctrine;	17 Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine :
18 For it will be well if you keep them in your bosom, if they all are ready on your lips.	18 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I make known to you the words of Amen-em-Ope.	19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
20 Have I not written for you the "Thirty," with counsels and knowledge,	20 Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge :
21 To teach you truly how to give a dependable report to one who sends you?	21 That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22 Injure not the poor because they are poor, nor crush the needy at the gate;	22 Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
23 For the LORD will defend their cause, and will plunder the lives of those who plunder them.	23 Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
24 Be not friendly with a hotheaded man, nor the companion of a wrathful man,	24 Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
25 Lest you learn his ways, and get yourself into a snare.	25 Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
26 Be not one of those who give their hand in pledge, of those who become surety for debts;	26 Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
27 For if you have not the means to pay, your bed will be taken from under you.	27 For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers set up.	28 Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
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.	29 Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.