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Proverbs 14:1

14:1

Every wise
<02454>

woman
<0802>

buildeth
<01129> (8804)

her house
<01004>_:

but the foolish
<0200>

plucketh it down
<02040> (8799)

with her hands
<03027>_.

Proverbs 22:1-29

22:1

A [good] name
<08034>

[is] rather to be chosen
<0977> (8737)

than great
<07227>

riches
<06239>_,

[and] loving
<02896>

favour
<02580>

rather than silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_.

{loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}

22:2

The rich
<06223>

and poor
<07326> (8802)

meet together
<06298> (8738)_:

the LORD
<03068>

[is] the maker
<06213> (8802)

of them all.

22:3

A prudent
<06175>

[man] foreseeth
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>_,

and hideth
<05641> (8738) (8675) <05641> (8799)

himself: but the simple
<06612>

pass on
<05674> (8804)_,

and are punished
<06064> (8738)_.

22:4

By
<06118>

humility
<06038>

[and] the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[are] riches
<06239>_,

and honour
<03519>_,

and life
<02416>_.

{By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}

22:5

Thorns
<06791>

[and] snares
<06341>

[are] in the way
<01870>

of the froward
<06141>_:

he that doth keep
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>

shall be far
<07368> (8799)

from them.

22:6

Train up
<02596> (8798)

a child
<05288>

in the way
<01870>

he should go
<06310>_:

and when he is old
<02204> (8686)_,

he will not depart
<05493> (8799)

from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}

22:7

The rich
<06223>

ruleth
<04910> (8799)

over the poor
<07326> (8802)_,

and the borrower
<03867> (8801)

[is] servant
<05650>

to the lender
<0376> <03867> (8688)_.

{the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}

22:8

He that soweth
<02232> (8802)

iniquity
<05766>

shall reap
<07114> (8799)

vanity
<0205>_:

and the rod
<07626>

of his anger
<05678>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_.

{the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}

22:9

He that hath a bountiful
<02896>

eye
<05869>

shall be blessed
<01288> (8792)_;

for he giveth
<05414> (8804)

of his bread
<03899>

to the poor
<01800>_.

{He that...: Heb. Good of eye}

22:10

Cast out
<01644> (8763)

the scorner
<03887> (8801)_,

and contention
<04066>

shall go out
<03318> (8799)_;

yea, strife
<01779>

and reproach
<07036>

shall cease
<07673> (8799)_.

22:11

He that loveth
<0157> (8802)

pureness
<02890> (8675) <02889>

of heart
<03820>_,

[for] the grace
<02580>

of his lips
<08193>

the king
<04428>

[shall be] his friend
<07453>_.

{for...: or, and hath grace in his lips}

22:12

The eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

preserve
<05341> (8804)

knowledge
<01847>_,

and he overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the words
<01697>

of the transgressor
<0898> (8802)_.

{the words: or, the matters}

22:13

The slothful
<06102>

[man] saith
<0559> (8804)_,

[There is] a lion
<0738>

without
<02351>_,

I shall be slain
<07523> (8735)

in
<08432>

the streets
<07339>_.

22:14

The mouth
<06310>

of strange women
<02114> (8801)

[is] a deep
<06013>

pit
<07745>_:

he that is abhorred
<02194> (8803)

of the LORD
<03068>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

therein.

22:15

Foolishness
<0200>

[is] bound
<07194> (8803)

in the heart
<03820>

of a child
<05288>_;

[but] the rod
<07626>

of correction
<04148>

shall drive it far
<07368> (8686)

from him.

22:16

He that oppresseth
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>

to increase
<07235> (8687)

his [riches, and] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)

to the rich
<06223>_,

[shall] surely [come] to want
<04270>_.

22:17

Bow down
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>_,

and apply
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

unto my knowledge
<01847>_.

22:18

For [it is] a pleasant thing
<05273>

if thou keep
<08104> (8799)

them within
<0990>

thee; they shall withal
<03162>

be fitted
<03559> (8735)

in thy lips
<08193>_.

{within...: Heb. in thy belly}

22:19

That thy trust
<04009>

may be in the LORD
<03068>_,

I have made known
<03045> (8689)

to thee this day
<03117>_,

even to thee. {even...: or, trust thou also}

22:20

Have not I written
<03789> (8804)

to thee
<08032>

excellent things
<07991>

in counsels
<04156>

and knowledge
<01847>_,

22:21

That I might make thee know
<03045> (8687)

the certainty
<07189>

of the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>_;

that thou mightest answer
<07725> (8687)

the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>

to them that send
<07971> (8802)

unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}

22:22

Rob
<01497> (8799)

not the poor
<01800>_,

because he [is] poor
<01800>_:

neither oppress
<01792> (8762)

the afflicted
<06041>

in the gate
<08179>_:

22:23

For the LORD
<03068>

will plead
<07378> (8799)

their cause
<07379>_,

and spoil
<06906> (8804)

the soul
<05315>

of those that spoiled
<06906> (8802)

them.

22:24

Make no friendship
<07462> (8691)

with an angry
<0639>

man
<01167>_;

and with a furious
<02534>

man
<0376>

thou shalt not go
<0935> (8799)_:

22:25

Lest thou learn
<0502> (8799)

his ways
<0734>_,

and get
<03947> (8804)

a snare
<04170>

to thy soul
<05315>_.

22:26

Be not thou [one] of them that strike
<08628> (8802)

hands
<03709>_,

[or] of them that are sureties
<06148> (8802)

for debts
<04859>_.

22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay
<07999> (8763)_,

why should he take away
<03947> (8799)

thy bed
<04904>

from under thee?

22:28

Remove
<05253> (8686)

not the ancient
<05769>

landmark
<01366>_,

which thy fathers
<01>

have set
<06213> (8804)_.

{landmark: or, bound}

22:29

Seest
<02372> (8804)

thou a man
<0376>

diligent
<04106>

in his business
<04399>_?

he shall stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

kings
<04428>_;

he shall not stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

mean
<02823>

[men]. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}