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
American Standard Version
22 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
And [a]loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:1 Or, favor is better than etc.
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
American Standard Version
7 The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22:9
Legacy Standard Bible
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye
Proverbs 22:9
American Standard Version
9 He that hath a [a]bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good.
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
American Standard Version
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
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
American Standard Version
26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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