22:1 A good name 1 is to be chosen 2 rather than great wealth,
good favor 3 more than silver or gold.
22:2 The rich and the poor meet together; 4
the Lord is the creator of them both. 5
22:3 A shrewd person 6 sees danger 7 and hides himself,
but the naive keep right on going 8 and suffer for it. 9
22:4 The reward 10 for humility 11 and fearing the Lord 12
is riches and honor and life.
22:5 Thorns and snares 13 are in the path of the perverse,
but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
22:6 Train 14 a child 15 in the way that he should go, 16
and when he is old he will not turn from it. 17
22:7 The rich rule over 18 the poor,
and the borrower is servant 19 to the lender.
22:8 The one who sows 20 iniquity will reap trouble,
and the rod of his fury 21 will end.