Chapter 22

03

The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, but the naive go on, and are punished for it.

05

Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will be far from them.

06

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

08

He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, and the rod of his fury will perish.

10

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, even strife and dishonor will cease.

11

He who loves purity of heart and whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.

12

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.

14

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.

15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

17

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;

18

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, that they may be ready on your lips.

19

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you.

20

Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge,

21

To make you know the certainty of the words of truth that you may correctly answer him who sent you?

23

For the LORD will plead their case and take the life of those who rob them.

24

Do not associate with a man given to anger; or go with a hot-tempered man,

25

Or you will learn his ways and find a snare for yourself.

27

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?

28

Do not move the ancient boundary which your fathers have set.