My LORD’s BibleProverbs 22
1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
נִבְחָר ם מֵעֹשֶׁר רָב מִכֶּסֶף וּמִזָּהָב חֵן טֹוב׃ (1447)
2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
עָשִׁיר וָרָשׁ נִפְגָּשׁוּ עֹשֵׂה כֻלָּם יְהוָה׃ (2016)
See also: Job 31:15, 1 Samuel 2:7, Proverbs 14:31, Job 34:19, Proverbs 29:13, James 2:2-5, Deuteronomy 15:11, 1 Corinthians 12:21, Psalms 49:1-2, Luke 16:19-20, Psalms 49:2, Psalms 33:15, Exodus 30:15, Leviticus 14:21
3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
עָרוּם ׀ רָאָה רָעָה [וְיִסָּתֵר כ] (וְנִסְתָּר ק) וּפְתָיִים עָבְרוּ וְנֶעֱנָשׁוּ׃ (3615)
See also: Proverbs 27:12, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 29:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:2-6, Hebrews 11:7, Proverbs 7:7, Proverbs 7:22-23, Isaiah 26:20-21, Exodus 9:20-21, Hebrews 6:18, Exodus 2:15, Proverbs 9:16-18, Proverbs 14:15, Matthew 24:15-18, Matthew 24:16, Romans 16:18, Hosea 13:13, Acts 23:17, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 41:34
4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
עֵקֶב עֲנָוָה יִרְאַת יְהוָה עֹשֶׁר וְכָבֹוד וְחַיִּים׃ (1622)
See also: Matthew 6:33, James 4:10, Psalms 34:9-10, Proverbs 21:21, Psalms 112:1-3, Isaiah 57:15, Proverbs 3:16, Isaiah 33:6, James 4:6, 1 Timothy 4:8, Job 42:10, Psalms 91:16, Genesis 24:35, Daniel 4:36, Proverbs 4:8, Deuteronomy 6:24, Deuteronomy 22:7
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
צִנִּים פַּחִים בְּדֶרֶךְ עִקֵּשׁ שֹׁומֵר נַפְשֹׁו יִרְחַק מֵהֶם׃ (2409)
See also: Proverbs 4:23, Proverbs 16:17, Proverbs 15:19, 1 John 5:18, Jude 1:20-21, Job 18:8, Proverbs 13:15, Proverbs 19:16, Genesis 3:18, Psalms 18:26-27, Proverbs 13:3, Proverbs 14:27, Joshua 23:13, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 91:1
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
חֲנֹךְ לַנַּעַר עַל־פִּי דַרְכֹּו גַּם כִּי־יַזְקִין לֹא־יָסוּר מִמֶּנָּה׃ (1540)
See also: Deuteronomy 6:7, Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 3:15, Genesis 18:19, Deuteronomy 4:9, Psalms 78:3-6, 1 Samuel 1:28, 1 Samuel 2:26, Ecclesiastes 12:1, 1 Samuel 12:2-3, Proverbs 29:15, Psalms 34:11, Judges 13:12, 2 Kings 2:23, Proverbs 4:4, Deuteronomy 31:13
7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁים יִמְשֹׁול וְעֶבֶד לֹוֶה לְאִישׁ מַלְוֶה׃ (2063)
See also: Deuteronomy 28:12, 2 Kings 4:1, Matthew 18:25, Psalms 37:21, Proverbs 22:16, Deuteronomy 15:6, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 18:23, Proverbs 22:22, James 2:6, James 5:1, Nehemiah 5:4-5, Amos 5:11-12, Isaiah 24:2, Amos 4:1, Amos 8:4, Amos 8:6, Amos 2:6, James 5:4
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
זֹורֵעַ עַוְלָה [יִקְצֹור־ כ] (יִקְצָר־אָוֶן ק) וְשֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתֹו יִכְלֶה׃ (2437)
See also: Psalms 125:3, Hosea 8:7, Job 4:8, Galatians 6:7-8, Proverbs 1:31, Galatians 6:8, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Isaiah 30:31, Proverbs 11:18, Proverbs 30:8, Hosea 10:13, Proverbs 14:3, Psalms 9:15, Judges 15:6, Proverbs 21:6, Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 14:29, Job 15:31, Proverbs 6:14
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
טֹוב־עַיִן הוּא יְבֹרָךְ כִּי־נָתַן מִלַּחְמֹו לַדָּל׃ (1109)
See also: Luke 6:38, 2 Corinthians 9:6, 2 Corinthians 9:7, Luke 6:35, Proverbs 19:17, Hebrews 6:10, 1 Timothy 6:18-19, Acts 20:35, Isaiah 58:7, 1 Peter 4:9, Hebrews 13:16, Deuteronomy 15:10, Psalms 112:9, Luke 14:13, Deuteronomy 15:7-11, Job 31:16-20, Proverbs 3:10, Proverbs 21:13, Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, Isaiah 32:8
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
גָּרֵשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדֹון וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֹון׃ (1804)
See also: Proverbs 26:20, Proverbs 24:9, Proverbs 28:25, 1 Corinthians 5:5-6, 1 Corinthians 5:13, Genesis 21:9-10, Nehemiah 13:28, Psalms 101:5, Proverbs 18:3, Proverbs 18:6, Proverbs 21:24, Matthew 18:17, Judges 9:55, Nehemiah 4:1-3, Psalms 15:3, Proverbs 6:19, Leviticus 14:40, John 9:34
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
אֹהֵב [טְהֹור־ כ] (טְהָר־לֵב ק) חֵן פָתָיו רֵעֵהוּ מֶלֶךְ׃ (1519)
See also: Matthew 5:8, Proverbs 16:13, Psalms 45:2, Ecclesiastes 10:12, Psalms 101:6, Proverbs 14:35, 1 Kings 4:5, Ezra 7:6-11, Daniel 6:20-23, Genesis 41:39-57, Nehemiah 2:4-6, Esther 10:3, Daniel 2:46-49, Daniel 3:30, Luke 4:22
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
עֵינֵי יְהוָה נָצְרוּ דָעַת וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד׃ (1397)
See also: 2 Timothy 3:8-9, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Acts 13:8-12, Job 5:12-13, Acts 12:23-24, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Isaiah 59:19-21, Jeremiah 5:3, Matthew 16:16-18, Acts 5:39, Acts 8:9-12, Revelation 11:3-11, Revelation 12:14-17
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
אָמַר עָצֵל אֲרִי בַחוּץ בְּתֹוךְ רְחֹבֹות אֵרָצֵחַ׃ (2091)
See also: Ecclesiastes 11:4, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 26:13, Numbers 13:32-33, Proverbs 15:19, Proverbs 24:31, Proverbs 12:24, Judges 5:15, 1 Kings 13:24, Proverbs 21:25, Song of Solomon 5:3
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
שׁוּחָה עֲמֻקָּה פִּי זָרֹות זְעוּם יְהוָה [יִפֹּול־ כ] (יִפָּל־שָׁם׃ ק) (2092)
See also: Ecclesiastes 7:26, 1 Kings 21:25, Proverbs 23:27, Proverbs 6:24-29, Nehemiah 13:26, Proverbs 2:16, Genesis 39:8, Judges 16:4, Proverbs 7:5-27, Proverbs 23:28, Genesis 39:10, Judges 16:20-21, 1 Kings 11:1, Job 31:9, Deuteronomy 32:19, Judges 16:6, Psalms 81:12, Proverbs 5:3-23, Proverbs 5:20
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
אִוֶּלֶת קְשׁוּרָה בְלֶב־נָעַר שֵׁבֶט מוּסָר יַרְחִיקֶנָּה מִמֶּנּוּ׃ (2538)
See also: Proverbs 13:24, Ephesians 6:4, Proverbs 29:15, Proverbs 19:18, Proverbs 23:13-14, Proverbs 20:30, Proverbs 29:17, Hebrews 12:10-11, Revelation 3:19, Psalms 58:3, 1 Kings 1:6, Proverbs 23:14, Matthew 15:19, Psalms 51:5, Mark 7:22, Ephesians 2:3, Deuteronomy 21:18, 2 Kings 2:23, Ecclesiastes 11:10, Hebrews 12:7
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
עֹשֵׁק דָּל לְהַרְבֹּות לֹו נֹתֵן לְעָשִׁיר אַךְ־לְמַחְסֹור׃ (2658)
See also: Deuteronomy 24:14, Proverbs 14:31, Proverbs 22:22-23, Luke 14:12, Proverbs 22:7, James 2:13, Psalms 12:5, James 5:1-5, 1 Timothy 6:9, Proverbs 28:3, Luke 6:33-35, Job 20:19-29, Proverbs 28:22, James 2:6, Leviticus 25:14, Job 24:4, Psalms 10:9, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 30:14, Micah 2:2-3
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
הַט אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים וְלִבְּךָ תָּשִׁית לְדַעְתִּי׃ (2524)
See also: Psalms 90:12, Colossians 4:6, Proverbs 5:1, Luke 6:45, Proverbs 23:12, Psalms 49:3, Proverbs 2:2, Ecclesiastes 12:11, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 4:1, Ecclesiastes 7:25, Proverbs 1:3, Proverbs 5:7, Ecclesiastes 10:12, Matthew 13:52, Matthew 17:5, Exodus 7:23, Psalms 31:2, Proverbs 8:33-34, Proverbs 16:23
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
כִּי־נָעִים כִּי־תִשְׁמְרֵם בְּבִטְנֶךָ יִכֹּנוּ יַחְדָּו עַל־שְׂפָתֶיךָ׃ (2317)
See also: Jeremiah 15:16, Proverbs 24:14, Proverbs 2:10, Proverbs 3:17, Proverbs 8:6, Psalms 119:103, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 18:20, John 7:38, Job 32:18-19, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:13, Psalms 119:111, Psalms 119:162, Psalms 119:171, Proverbs 10:13, Proverbs 16:21, Proverbs 19:8, Proverbs 24:13-14
19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
לִהְיֹות בַּיהוָה מִבְטַחֶךָ הֹודַעְתִּיךָ הַיֹּום אַף־אָתָּה׃ (1621)
See also: Proverbs 3:5, Deuteronomy 4:5, Psalms 62:8, Isaiah 12:2, Isaiah 26:4, 1 Peter 1:21, Deuteronomy 11:2, Jeremiah 17:7, Proverbs 16:20
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
הֲלֹא כָתַבְתִּי לְךָ [שִׁלְשֹׁום כ] (שָׁלִישִׁים ק) בְּמֹועֵצֹת וָדָעַת׃ (3492)
See also: Psalms 49:3, Proverbs 8:6, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Psalms 12:6, Proverbs 4:2, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, Job 36:4, Hosea 8:12
21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
לְהֹודִיעֲךָ קֹשְׁטְ אִמְרֵי אֱמֶת לְהָשִׁיב אֲמָרִים אֱמֶת לְשֹׁלְחֶיךָ׃ (2723)
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
אַל־תִּגְזָל־דָּל כִּי דַל־הוּא וְאַל־תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּׁעַר׃ (1745)
See also: Psalms 12:5, Exodus 3:9, Proverbs 22:16, Psalms 103:6, Psalms 109:31, Zechariah 7:10, Psalms 146:7, Malachi 3:5, Exodus 23:6, Job 29:12-16, Job 31:16, Job 31:21, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 22:7, Deuteronomy 1:17, Job 36:6, Proverbs 3:31, Proverbs 23:10-11, Ezekiel 22:29, Job 20:19
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
כִּי־יְהוָה יָרִיב רִיבָם וְקָבַע אֶת־קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ׃ (1766)
See also: Psalms 35:1, Psalms 12:5, Psalms 140:12, Proverbs 23:11, Jeremiah 51:36, 1 Samuel 25:39, Isaiah 51:22, Psalms 35:10, Psalms 43:1, Jeremiah 50:34, Micah 7:9, Malachi 3:5, 1 Samuel 24:12, Psalms 68:5, Psalms 119:154, Isaiah 17:14, Isaiah 33:1, Habakkuk 2:8, Philippians 1:27, 1 Samuel 24:15
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
אַל־תִּתְרַע אֶת־בַּעַל אָף וְאֶת־אִישׁ חֵמֹות לֹא תָבֹוא׃ (3297)
See also: 2 Corinthians 6:14, Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 25:28, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 21:24, Proverbs 14:17, Proverbs 19:19, Psalms 101:4, Proverbs 18:6, 1 Samuel 20:32
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
פֶּן־תֶּאֱלַף [אָרְחָתֹו כ] (אֹרְחֹתָיו ק) וְלָקַחְתָּ מֹוקֵשׁ לְנַפְשֶׁךָ׃ (3471)
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
אַל־תְּהִי בְתֹקְעֵי־כָף בַּעֹרְבִים מַשָּׁאֹות׃ (2199)
See also: Proverbs 6:1, Proverbs 11:15, Proverbs 17:18, Proverbs 27:13, Psalms 112:5, Psalms 119:122, Proverbs 20:16, Job 17:3
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
אִם־אֵין־לְךָ לְשַׁלֵּם לָמָּה יִקַּח מִשְׁכָּבְךָ מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ׃ (2005)
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
אַל־תַּסֵּג גְּבוּל עֹולָם אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ אֲבֹותֶיךָ׃ (1997)
See also: Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Proverbs 23:10, Job 24:2, Proverbs 24:15, Hosea 5:10
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
חָזִיתָ אִישׁ ׀ מָהִיר בִּמְלַאכְתֹּו לִפְנֵי־מְלָכִים יִתְיַצָּב בַּל־יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי חֲשֻׁכִּים׃ (3404)
See also: 1 Kings 11:28, Matthew 25:21, Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 10:4, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Matthew 25:23, Genesis 41:46, Daniel 6:3, Romans 12:11, 1 Kings 10:8, Genesis 41:40, 2 Timothy 4:2, 1 Samuel 16:21, Daniel 1:4, Jeremiah 15:19, Genesis 47:6, Proverbs 26:12, Genesis 39:4, Deuteronomy 1:38, Joshua 10:9