Proverbs 22
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- 1A [supplied: good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [supplied: And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- 2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
- 3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- 4The reward of humility [supplied: and] the fear of Jehovah [supplied: Is] riches, and honor, and life.
- 5Thorns [supplied: and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
- 6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- 7The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
- 8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
- 9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- 10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
- 11He that loveth pureness of heart, [supplied: For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
- 12The eyes of Jehovah preserve [supplied: him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
- 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
- 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
- שׁוּחָ֣ה
- שׁוּחָ֣הshu.Chah[is] a pitH7745
- עֲ֭מֻקָּה
- עֲ֭מֻקָּה'A.mu.kahdeepH6013
- פִּ֣י
- פִּ֣יpi[the] mouth ofH6310G
- זָר֑וֹת
- זָר֑וֹתza.Rotstrange [women]H2114A
- זְע֥וּם
- זְע֥וּםze.'Um[one who] is cursed ofH2194
- יְ֝הוָ֗ה
- יְ֝הוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068G
- יִפָּלQere, written (Ketiv): יִפּוֹל
- יִפָּלyi.pol-he will fallH5307G
- שָֽׁם׃
- שָֽׁםShamthereH8033G
- שׁוּחָ֣ה
- 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [supplied: But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [supplied: gain], [supplied: And] he that giveth to the rich, [supplied: shall come] only to want.
- 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
- 18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
- 19That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [supplied: them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
- 20Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
- 21To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
- 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- 23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
- 24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
- 25Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
- 26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [supplied: Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
- 27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- 28Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- 29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
- חָזִ֡יתָ
- חָזִ֡יתָcha.Zi.tayou seeH2372
- אִ֤ישׁ׀
- אִ֤ישׁ'isha personH0376G
- מָ֘הִ֤יר
- מָ֘הִ֤ירma.HirskilledH4106
- בִּמְלַאכְתּ֗וֹ
- לִֽפְנֵֽי־
- מְלָכִ֥ים
- מְלָכִ֥יםme.la.KhimkingsH4428G
- יִתְיַצָּ֑ב
- יִתְיַצָּ֑בyit.ya.Tzavhe will take his standH3320
- בַּל־
- בַּלbal-notH1077
- יִ֝תְיַצֵּב
- יִ֝תְיַצֵּבYit.ya.tzevhe will take his standH3320
- לִפְנֵ֥י
- חֲשֻׁכִּֽים׃
- חֲשֻׁכִּֽיםcha.shu.Kiminsignificant [people]H2823
- חָזִ֡יתָ
Words in italics were supplied by the translators.
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