Proverbs 22:1-15

22:1A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord made them both.
3A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
4The result of humility is fear of the Lord,
along with wealth, honor, and life.
5There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;
the one who guards himself stays far from them.
6Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
8The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9A generous person will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
10Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.
11The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips-the king is his friend.
12The Lord's eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13The slacker says, "There's a lion outside!
I'll be killed in the public square!"
14The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
15Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.