Plain and Simple

Proverbs Chapter 22 consists of 29 verses,

verses 1-16 are listed below:

1.A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

2.The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

3.A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

4.By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

5.Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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

7.The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8.He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

9.He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10.Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

11.He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

12.The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

13.The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

14.The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 

15.Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

16.He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Reference Information:

bountiful = towb = good, generous, pleasant, agreeable

forward = iqqes = aqash = crooked, distorted, perverse

without = bahus = chuts = outside, street

Reference Scriptures:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.-Matthew 1:1...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16

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