Proverbs 22 | BSB Bible Study

Proverbs 22:1 (BSB)
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:2 (BSB)
The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:3 (BSB)
The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Proverbs 22:4 (BSB)
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

Proverbs 22:5 (BSB)
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

Proverbs 22:6 (BSB)
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:7 (BSB)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Proverbs 22:8 (BSB)
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 22:9 (BSB)
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Proverbs 22:10 (BSB)
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

Proverbs 22:11 (BSB)
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Proverbs 22:12 (BSB)
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

Proverbs 22:13 (BSB)
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Proverbs 22:14 (BSB)
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Proverbs 22:15 (BSB)
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

Proverbs 22:16 (BSB)
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

Proverbs 22:17 (BSB)
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

Proverbs 22:18 (BSB)
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

Proverbs 22:19 (BSB)
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

Proverbs 22:20 (BSB)
Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

Proverbs 22:21 (BSB)
to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

Proverbs 22:22 (BSB)
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

Proverbs 22:23 (BSB)
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

Proverbs 22:24 (BSB)
Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

Proverbs 22:25 (BSB)
or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Proverbs 22:26 (BSB)
Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

Proverbs 22:27 (BSB)
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

Proverbs 22:28 (BSB)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

Proverbs 22:29 (BSB)
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

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