Mishle, starting at chapter 22
{22:1} A good name is more desirable than great riches,
And loving favor is better than silver and gold.
{22:2} The rich and the poor have this in common:
The LORD is the maker of them all.
{22:3} A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
{22:4} The result of humility and the fear of the LORD
Is wealth, honor, and life.
{22:5} Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked:
Whoever guards his soul stays from them.
{22:6} Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
{22:7} The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
{22:8} He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
And the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
{22:9} He who has a generous eye will be blessed;
For he shares his food with the poor.
{22:10} Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
Yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
{22:11} He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
Is the king's friend.
{22:12} The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge;
But he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
{22:13} The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!"
{22:14} The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit:
He who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
{22:15} Folly is bound up in the heart of a child:
The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
{22:16} Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever
gives to the rich,
Both come to poverty.
{22:17} Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.
{22:18} For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
If all of them are ready on your lips.
{22:19} That your trust may be in the LORD,
I teach you today, even you.
{22:20} Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things
Of counsel and knowledge,
{22:21} To teach you truth, reliable words,
To give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
{22:22} Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor;
And don't crush the needy in court;
{22:23} For the LORD will plead their case,
And plunder the life of those who plunder them.
{22:24} Don't befriend a hot-tempered man,
And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
{22:25} Lest you learn his ways,
And ensnare your soul.
{22:26} Don't you be one of those who strike hands,
Of those who are collateral for debts.
{22:27} If you don't have means to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
{22:28} Don't move the ancient boundary stone,
Which your fathers have set up.
{22:29} Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve kings;
He won't serve obscure men.
{23:1} When you sit to eat with a ruler,
Consider diligently what is before you;
{23:2} Put a knife to your throat,
If you are a man given to appetite.
{23:3} Don't be desirous of his dainties,
Seeing they are deceitful food.
{23:4} Don't weary yourself to be rich.
In your wisdom, show restraint.
{23:5} Why do you set your eyes on that which is not?
For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
{23:6} Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
And don't crave his delicacies:
{23:7} For as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
"Eat and drink!" he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
{23:8} The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
And lose your good words.
{23:9} Don't speak in the ears of a fool,
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
{23:10} Don't move the ancient boundary stone.
Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless:
{23:11} For their Defender is strong.
He will plead their case against you.
{23:12} Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to the words of knowledge.
{23:13} Don't withhold correction from a child.
If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
{23:14} Punish him with the rod,
And save his soul from She'ol.
{23:15} My son, if your heart is wise,
Then my heart will be glad, even mine:
{23:16} Yes, my heart will rejoice,
When your lips speak what is right.
{23:17} Don't let your heart envy sinners;
But rather fear the LORD all the day long.
{23:18} Indeed surely there is a future hope,
And your hope will not be cut off.
{23:19} Listen, my son, and be wise,
And keep your heart on the right path!
{23:20} Don't be among ones drinking too much wine,
Or those who gorge themselves on meat:
{23:21} For the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor;
And drowsiness clothes them in rags.
{23:22} Listen to your father who gave you life,
And don't despise your mother when she is old.
{23:23} Buy the truth, and don't sell it:
Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.
{23:24} The father of the righteous has great joy.
Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.
{23:25} Let your father and your mother be glad!
Let her who bore you rejoice!
{23:26} My son, give me your heart;
And let your eyes keep in my ways.
{23:27} For a prostitute is a deep pit;
And a wayward wife is a narrow well.
{23:28} Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
And increases the unfaithful among men.
{23:29} Who has woe?
Who has sorrow?
Who has strife?
Who has complaints?
Who has needless bruises?
Who has bloodshot eyes?
{23:30} Those who stay long at the wine;
Those who go to seek out mixed wine.
{23:31} Don't look at the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it goes down smoothly:
{23:32} In the end, it bites like a snake,
And poisons like a viper.
{23:33} Your eyes will see strange things,
And your mind will imagine confusing things.
{23:34} Yes, you will be as he who lies down in the midst of the sea,
Or as he who lies on top of the rigging:
{23:35} "They hit me, and I was not hurt;
They beat me, and I don't feel it!
When will I wake up? I can do it again.
I can find another."
{24:1} Don't be envious of evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
{24:2} For their hearts plot violence,
And their lips talk about mischief.
{24:3} Through wisdom a house is built;
By understanding it is established;
{24:4} By knowledge the rooms are filled
With all rare and beautiful treasure.
{24:5} A wise man has great power;
And a knowledgeable man increases strength;
{24:6} For by wise guidance you wage your war;
And victory is in many advisors.
{24:7} Wisdom is too high for a fool:
He doesn't open his mouth in the gate.
{24:8} One who plots to do evil
Will be called a schemer.
{24:9} The schemes of folly are sin.
The mocker is detested by men.
{24:10} If you falter in the time of trouble,
Your strength is small.
{24:11} Rescue those who are being led away to death!
Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
{24:12} If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;"
Doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it?
Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
{24:13} My son, eat honey, for it is good;
The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
{24:14} So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul;
If you have found it, then there will be a reward,
Your hope will not be cut off.
{24:15} Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the
righteous.
Don't destroy his resting-place:
{24:16} For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;
But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
{24:17} Don't rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
{24:18} Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him,
And he turn away his wrath from him.
{24:19} Don't fret yourself because of evildoers;
Neither be envious of the wicked:
{24:20} For there will be no reward to the evil man;
And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.
{24:21} My son, fear the LORD and the king.
Don't join those who are rebellious:
{24:22} For their calamity will rise suddenly;
The destruction from them both -- who knows?
{24:23} These also are sayings of the wise.
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
{24:24} He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;"
Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him --
{24:25} But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
And a rich blessing will come on them.
{24:26} An honest answer
Is like a kiss on the lips.
{24:27} Prepare your work outside,
And get your fields ready.
Afterwards, build your house.
{24:28} Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
Don't deceive with your lips.
{24:29} Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work."
{24:30} I went by the field of the sluggard,
By the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
{24:31} Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.
{24:32} Then I saw, and considered well.
I saw, and received instruction:
{24:33} A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep;
{24:34} So shall your poverty come as a robber,
And your want as an armed man.
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