# Proverbs 22 (New King James Version)
The Value of a Good Name

##### Chapter 22
###### 1 A _good_ name is to be chosen rather than great riches,  
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

###### 2 The rich and the poor have this in common,  
The Lord _is_ the maker of them all.

###### 3 A prudent _man_ foresees evil and hides himself,  
But the simple pass on and are punished.

###### 4 By humility _and_ the fear of the Lord  
_Are_ riches and honor and life.

###### 5 Thorns _and_ snares _are_ in the way of the perverse;  
He who guards his soul will be far from them.

###### 6 Train up a child in the way he should go,  
And when he is old he will not depart from it.

###### 7 The rich rules over the poor,  
And the borrower _is_ servant to the lender.

###### 8 He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,  
And the rod of his anger will fail.

###### 9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed,  
For he gives of his bread to the poor.

###### 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;  
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

###### 11 He who loves purity of heart  
_And has_ grace on his lips,  
The king _will be_ his friend.

###### 12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,  
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

###### 13 The lazy _man_ says, "_There is_ a lion outside!  
I shall be slain in the streets!"

###### 14 The mouth of an immoral woman _is_ a deep pit;  
He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.

###### 15 Foolishness _is_ bound up in the heart of a child;  
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

###### 16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his _riches,_  
_And_ he who gives to the rich, _will_ surely _come_ to poverty.Sayings of the Wise

###### 17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,  
And apply your heart to my knowledge;  

###### 18 For _it is_ a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;  
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,  

###### 19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;  
I have instructed you today, even you.  

###### 20 Have I not written to you excellent things  
Of counsels and knowledge,  

###### 21 That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,  
That you may answer words of truth  
To those who send to you?

###### 22 Do not rob the poor because he _is_ poor,  
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;  

###### 23 For the Lord will plead their cause,  
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

###### 24 Make no friendship with an angry man,  
And with a furious man do not go,  

###### 25 Lest you learn his ways  
And set a snare for your soul.

###### 26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,  
One of those who is surety for debts;  

###### 27 If you have nothing _with which_ to pay,  
Why should he take away your bed from under you?

###### 28 Do not remove the ancient landmark  
Which your fathers have set.

###### 29 Do you see a man _who_ excels in his work?  
He will stand before kings;  
He will not stand before unknown _men._