Proverbs 22:1-12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.^(A)
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.
³ The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is riches and honor and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
    the cautious will keep far from them.^(B)
6 Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.^(C)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.^(D)
8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.^(E)
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.^(F)
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.^(G)
11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
    will have the king as a friend.^(H)
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he overthrows the words of the faithless.^(I)