Proverbs 22:1-2
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh Is the Maker of All
22 A (A)good name is to be chosen over great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the (B)Maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:1-2
New King James Version
The Value of a Good Name
22 A (A)good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 22:1-2
New International Version
22 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.(A)
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.(B)
Proverbs 22:1-2
King James Version
22 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.
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Proverbs 22:7
Legacy Standard Bible
7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
New King James Version
7 The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
New International Version
7 The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Proverbs 22:7
King James Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Proverbs 22:9
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye
Proverbs 22:9
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit. good
Proverbs 22:9
New International Version
Proverbs 22:9
King James Version
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Proverbs 22:16
Legacy Standard Bible
16 He (A)who oppresses the poor to make [a]more for himself
Or who gives to the rich (B)will only come to lack.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:16 Lit much
Proverbs 22:16
New King James Version
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
New International Version
16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
Proverbs 22:16
King James Version
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Proverbs 22:26-27
Legacy Standard Bible
26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms
Proverbs 22:26-27
New King James Version
26 (A)Do not be one of those who [a]shakes hands in a pledge,
One of those who is [b]surety for debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit. strikes
- Proverbs 22:26 guaranty
Proverbs 22:26-27
New International Version
Saying 4
Proverbs 22:26-27
King James Version
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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