Proverbs 22
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1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
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5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
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6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 22:13
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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21That 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?
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22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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Proverbs 22:1
Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day...Luke 10:20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but...1 Kings 1:47And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God...Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in...Philippians 4:3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with m...
Proverbs 22:2
Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eye...Job 34:19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth th...
Proverbs 22:3
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, an...Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confide...Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, a...1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in t...Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, p...
Proverbs 22:4
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thing...James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Psalms 34:9O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and...Psalms 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth gr...
Proverbs 22:5
Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteo...1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Go...Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way prese...Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the...Proverbs 19:16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his...
Proverbs 22:6
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nu...Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them w...2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to mak...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...
Proverbs 22:7
2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto El...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the ri...Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his w...
Proverbs 22:8
Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he a...Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.Isaiah 30:31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote...Hosea 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of l...Psalms 125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the...
Proverbs 22:9
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath gi...Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have...1 Timothy 6:18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing...1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak...
Proverbs 22:10
1 Corinthians 5:13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves...Genesis 21:9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,...1 Corinthians 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spi...Proverbs 21:24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the...
Proverbs 22:11
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: h...Proverbs 14:35The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that ca...Psalms 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefo...
Proverbs 22:12
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew hims...2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: me...Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into...Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glo...2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spi...
Cross References
Proverbs 22:1
Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day...Luke 10:20Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but...1 Kings 1:47And moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God...Acts 7:10And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in...Philippians 4:3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with m...
Proverbs 22:2
Job 31:15Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...1 Samuel 2:7The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.Proverbs 29:13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eye...Job 34:19How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth th...
Proverbs 22:3
Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, an...Proverbs 14:16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confide...Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, a...1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in t...Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, p...
Proverbs 22:4
Matthew 6:33But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these thing...James 4:10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.Psalms 34:9O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and...Psalms 112:1Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth gr...
Proverbs 22:5
Proverbs 15:19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteo...1 John 5:18We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of Go...Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way prese...Jude 1:20But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the...Proverbs 19:16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his...
Proverbs 22:6
Ephesians 6:4And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nu...Deuteronomy 6:7And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them w...2 Timothy 3:15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to mak...Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, a...Deuteronomy 4:9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the th...
Proverbs 22:7
2 Kings 4:1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto El...Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hat...Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the ri...Proverbs 18:23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.Matthew 18:25But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his w...
Proverbs 22:8
Galatians 6:7Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he a...Job 4:8Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.Isaiah 30:31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote...Hosea 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of l...Psalms 125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the...
Proverbs 22:9
Proverbs 19:17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath gi...Hebrews 6:10For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have...1 Timothy 6:18That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing...1 Peter 4:9Use hospitality one to another without grudging.Acts 20:35I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak...
Proverbs 22:10
1 Corinthians 5:13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves...Genesis 21:9¶ And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham,...1 Corinthians 5:5To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spi...Proverbs 21:24Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the...
Proverbs 22:11
Matthew 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.Psalms 101:6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: h...Proverbs 14:35The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that ca...Psalms 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefo...
Proverbs 22:12
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew hims...2 Timothy 3:8Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: me...Revelation 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into...Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glo...2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spi...