255Or, favor is better than silver and gold.
22: 2 The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
22: 3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and 256suffer for it.
256Hb. are mulcted.
22: 4 The reward of humility and the awe of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
22: 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
22: 6 Train up a child 257in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
257Hb. according to his way,
22: 7 The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
22: 8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap 258calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
258Or, vanity;
22: 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
22: 10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yes, strife and ignominy will cease.
22: 11 He that loveth 259pureness of heart, 260For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
259Hbmg reads the pure of heart,
260Or, Hath grace in his lips; or, That hath grace in his lips,
22: 12 The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
22: 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be lain in the streets.
22: 14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He 261that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
261Or, against whom Jehovah hath indignation.
22: 15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
22: 16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
22: 17 Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
22: 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
22: 19 That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
22: 20 Have not I written unto thee 262excellent things 263Of counsels and knowledge,
262The word is doubtful. Hbmg reads heretofore
263Or, In
22: 21 To make thee know 264the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
264Or, of a certainty the words of truth,
22: 22 Rob not the poor, 265because he is poor; Neither 266oppress the afflicted 267in the gate:
265Or, for
266Or, crush
267That is, in a legal court case:
22: 23 For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
22: 24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
22: 25 Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
22: 26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
22: 27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22: 28 Remove not the ancient 268landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
268That is, property marker, Similarly in vs. 10.
22: 29 Seest thou a man 269diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before 270mean men.
269Or, skilful
270Hb. obscure men.
