Proverbs 22 (NET)

Proverbs 22:1¹A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:1Luke 10:201 Kgs 1:47

Proverbs 22:2²The rich and the poor are met together; the Lord is the Creator of them both.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 31:151 Sam 2:7Prov 14:31Job 34:19Prov 29:13Jas 2:2-51 Cor 12:21Ps 49:1-2Luke 16:19-20

Proverbs 22:3³A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:12Prov 14:16Prov 29:11 Thess 5:2-6Heb 11:7Prov 7:7Isa 26:20-21Prov 7:22-23Exod 9:20-21Heb 6:18

Proverbs 22:4⁴The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 6:33Jas 4:10Ps 34:9-10Prov 21:21Ps 112:1-3Isa 57:15Isa 33:6Jas 4:6Prov 3:161 Tim 4:8

Proverbs 22:5⁵Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 16:171 John 5:18Jude 1:20-21Prov 15:19Job 18:8Prov 13:15Prov 19:16Prov 13:3Ps 18:26-27Josh 23:13

Proverbs 22:6⁶Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eph 6:4Deut 6:72 Tim 3:15Gen 18:19Deut 4:9Ps 78:3-61 Sam 1:281 Sam 2:261 Sam 12:2-3

Proverbs 22:7⁷The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 4:1Matt 18:25Prov 22:16Prov 14:31Prov 18:23Jas 2:6Prov 22:22Jas 5:1Amos 5:11-12Neh 5:4-5

Proverbs 22:8⁸The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gal 6:7-8Job 4:8Hos 10:13Isa 30:31Ps 125:3Prov 14:3Hos 8:7Isa 10:5Isa 14:29Isa 9:4

Proverbs 22:9⁹A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 19:17Heb 6:101 Tim 6:18-19Acts 20:351 Pet 4:9Heb 13:16Luke 14:13Ps 112:92 Cor 8:1-22 Cor 9:6-11

Proverbs 22:10¹⁰Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 5:131 Cor 5:5-6Prov 26:20-21Gen 21:9-10Matt 18:17Neh 13:28Prov 18:6Prov 21:24Ps 101:5Neh 4:1-3

Proverbs 22:11¹¹The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious —the king will be his friend.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 5:8Prov 16:13Prov 14:35Ps 101:6Ps 45:2Dan 6:20-23Ezra 7:6-11Dan 2:46-49Dan 3:30Esth 10:3

Proverbs 22:12¹²The eyes of the Lord watched over a cause, and subverted the words of the treacherous person.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Tim 3:8-92 Chr 16:9Acts 13:8-122 Thess 2:8Acts 12:23-24Job 5:12-13Acts 5:39Acts 8:9-12Isa 59:19-21Matt 16:16-18

Proverbs 22:13¹³The sluggard has said, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 26:13-16Num 13:32-33Prov 15:19

Proverbs 22:14¹⁴The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:26Prov 23:27Prov 6:24-29Neh 13:26Prov 7:5-27Judg 16:20-21Prov 2:16-19Deut 32:19Prov 5:3-23Ps 81:12

Proverbs 22:15¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 13:24Prov 29:15Prov 19:18Prov 23:13-14Heb 12:10-11Prov 29:17Eph 2:3Ps 51:5

Proverbs 22:16¹⁶The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich —both end up only in poverty.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 22:22-23Jas 2:13Jas 5:1-5Ps 12:5Luke 14:12-14Luke 6:33-35Prov 14:31Prov 28:3Job 20:19-29Prov 28:22

Proverbs 22:17¹⁷Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 23:12Ps 90:12Eccl 7:25Prov 2:2-5Prov 3:1Matt 17:5Prov 1:3Eccl 8:16Eccl 8:9Isa 55:3

Proverbs 22:18¹⁸For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 15:16Prov 2:10Prov 8:6John 7:38Prov 10:21Prov 15:7Ps 119:103Heb 13:15Job 32:18-19Prov 10:13

Proverbs 22:19¹⁹So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I hereby make them known to you today—even you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 62:8Isa 12:2Prov 3:51 Pet 1:21Isa 26:4Jer 17:7

Proverbs 22:20²⁰Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Pet 1:19-21Prov 8:62 Tim 3:15-17Ps 12:6Hos 8:12

Proverbs 22:21²¹to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 3:15Luke 1:3-41 John 5:13John 20:31

Proverbs 22:22²²Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zech 7:10Mal 3:5Exod 23:6Prov 22:16Job 29:12-16Job 31:16Job 31:21Ezek 22:29Prov 23:10-11

Proverbs 22:23²³for the Lord will plead their case and will rob the life of those who are robbing them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 12:5Ps 140:12Jer 51:36Prov 23:111 Sam 25:39Ps 35:10Ps 43:1Jer 50:34Mal 3:5Mic 7:9

Proverbs 22:24²⁴Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 29:222 Cor 6:14-17Prov 21:24

Proverbs 22:25²⁵lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 15:33Prov 13:20Ps 106:35

Proverbs 22:26²⁶Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 11:15Prov 17:18Prov 6:1-5Prov 27:13

Proverbs 22:27²⁷If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:162 Kgs 4:1Exod 22:26-27

Proverbs 22:28²⁸Do not move an ancient boundary stone that was put in place by your ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 19:14Deut 27:17Prov 23:10Job 24:2

Proverbs 22:29²⁹You have seen a person skilled in his work— he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:28Matt 25:21Prov 12:24Eccl 9:10Matt 25:23Prov 10:4Gen 41:46Rom 12:111 Kgs 10:82 Tim 4:2