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Book of Proverbs, Chapter 22

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Chapter 22 of Proverbs—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ A name[a] is to be chosen rather than abundant riches;1 favor is better than even silver and gold.2
  2. ¶ The rich one and the one of little means have met each other.3 The Maker of them all is Jehovah.4
  3. ¶ Shrewd is the one that has seen the calamity and proceeds to conceal himself,5 but the inexperienced have passed along and must suffer the penalty.6
  4. ¶ The result of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches and glory and life.7
  5. ¶ Thorns [and] traps are in the way of the crooked one;8 he that is guarding his soul keeps far away from them.9
  6. ¶ Train up a boy according to[b] the way for him;10 even when he grows old he will not turn aside from it.11
  7. ¶ The rich is the one that rules over those of little means,12 and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.13
  8. ¶ He that is sowing unrighteousness will reap what is hurtful,14 but the very rod of his fury will come to its end.15
  9. ¶ He that is kindly in eye will be blessed, for he has given of his food to the lowly one.16
  10. ¶ Drive away the ridiculer, that contention may go out and that legal contest and dishonor may cease.17
  11. ¶ The one loving purity of heart[c]18—for the charm of his lips the king will be his companion.19
  12. ¶ The eyes of Jehovah himself have safeguarded knowledge,20 but he subverts the words[d] of the treacherous one.21
  13. ¶ The lazy one has said:22 “There is a lion outside!23 In the midst of the public squares I shall be murdered!”
  14. ¶ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit.24 The one denounced by Jehovah will fall into it.25
  15. ¶ Foolishness is tied up with the heart of a boy;26 the rod of discipline is what will remove it far from him.27
  16. ¶ He that is defrauding the lowly one to supply many things to himself,28 he also that is giving to the rich one, is surely destined for want.29
  17. ¶ Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise ones,30 that you may apply your very heart to my knowledge.31
  18. For it is pleasant that you should keep them in your belly,32 that they may be firmly established together upon your lips.33
  19. ¶ For your confidence to come to be in Jehovah himself34 I have given you knowledge today, even you.[e]
  20. ¶ Have I not written you heretofore[f] with counselings and knowledge,35
  21. to show you the truthfulness[g] of true sayings, so as to return sayings that are the truth—to the one sending you forth?36
  22. ¶ Do not rob the lowly one because he is lowly,37 and do not crush the afflicted one in the gate.38
  23. For Jehovah himself will plead their cause,39 and he will certainly rob of soul[h] those robbing them.40
  24. ¶ Do not have companionship with anyone given to anger;41 and with a man having fits of rage you must not enter in,
  25. that you may not get familiar with his paths and certainly take a snare for your soul.42
  26. ¶ Do not get to be among those striking hands,43 among those who go security for loans.44
  27. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
  28. ¶ Do not move back a boundary of long ago, which your forefathers have made.45
  29. ¶ Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself;46 he will not station himself before commonplace men.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “A name,” M(Heb., shem)Sy; TLXXVg, “A good name.”
  2. ^ Lit., “at the mouth (opening) of.”
  3. ^ “God loves the purehearted one,” TSy; LXX, “Jehovah loves pure hearts.”
  4. ^ Or, “affairs.”
  5. ^ “Caused you to know your paths today,” by a slight correction of M, in agreement with LXX.
  6. ^ Or, “in thirty sections (parts).” M is unclear.
  7. ^ “Truthfulness of,” qosht, a word found in Biblical Aram., as in Da 2:47.
  8. ^ Or, “life.” Heb., naʹphesh; Gr., psy·khenʹ; Lat., aʹni·mam. See App 4A.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Ec 7:1
  2. ^ Heb 11:26
  3. ^ Ps 49:2; Pr 29:13
  4. ^ Jb 31:15; 34:19; Ac 17:26
  5. ^ Ex 9:20; Pr 27:12
  6. ^ Pr 29:1
  7. ^ Ps 34:9; Pr 18:12; Jm 4:10
  8. ^ Jos 23:12, 13; Ps 11:6
  9. ^ Pr 1:15; 4:15; 1Jo 5:18
  10. ^ Ge 18:19; De 6:7; Eph 6:4
  11. ^ 2Ti 3:15
  12. ^ Jm 2:6
  13. ^ 2Ki 4:1; Ne 5:4; Mt 18:25
  14. ^ Ho 8:7; Ga 6:7
  15. ^ Ps 125:3; Is 9:4
  16. ^ De 15:7; Ps 41:1; Pr 11:25; Lu 6:35; Heb 6:10
  17. ^ Ge 21:10
  18. ^ Mt 5:8
  19. ^ Ps 45:2; Pr 16:13
  20. ^ Is 11:9
  21. ^ Ac 13:10; 2Th 2:8
  22. ^ Pr 15:19
  23. ^ Pr 26:13
  24. ^ Pr 5:3; 23:27; Ec 7:26
  25. ^ Re 2:20
  26. ^ Ge 8:21
  27. ^ Pr 13:24; 19:18; 23:14; 29:15; Heb 12:10
  28. ^ Ps 12:5; Pr 14:31; Mc 2:2
  29. ^ Lu 14:12
  30. ^ Pr 5:1; 13:20; Is 55:3; Mt 17:5
  31. ^ Pr 15:14; 23:12
  32. ^ Ps 119:103; Pr 2:10; 24:14
  33. ^ Pr 15:7
  34. ^ Ps 62:8; Pr 3:5; Is 12:2; 1Pe 1:21
  35. ^ Pr 8:6; 2Ti 3:15
  36. ^ 2Ti 2:2
  37. ^ Pr 23:10; Eze 22:29
  38. ^ Ex 23:6; Jb 29:12; Am 5:12; Zc 7:10
  39. ^ 1Sa 24:12; Ps 12:5; Pr 23:11; Je 50:34; Mc 7:9
  40. ^ Is 33:1
  41. ^ 2Co 6:14
  42. ^ Pr 13:20; 1Co 5:6
  43. ^ Pr 6:1; 17:18; 1Co 15:33
  44. ^ Pr 11:15; 17:18
  45. ^ De 19:14; 27:17; Jb 24:2; Ho 5:10
  46. ^ 1Sa 16:18; 2Sa 16:23; 1Ki 7:14; Da 1:19

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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