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    Proverbs 22

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    The slacker has a lion outside, a death sentence in the streets, and apparently no intention of testing either proposition.

    A lion outsidevv. 1–16

    The sayings begin by placing a good name above riches and the Maker above both rich and poor. Prudence takes cover when danger appears, while the simple continue on; injustice sows its own harvest, and generosity shares bread with the poor. Then comes the chapter’s splendidly specific excuse: “The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”” The warnings move on through the adulteress’s deep pit, the child’s foolishness, and the curious economy of enriching oneself by oppressing the poor, which leads instead to poverty.

    Thirty sayings, and a missing bedvv. 17–29

    The voice now turns directly to its hearer, asking for an ear and a mind, and announces a surprisingly exact inventory: “Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,” though the chapter does not enumerate them. Their purpose is a sound answer to those who sent the hearer. The instructions then gather force at the gate: do not rob the poor, make friends with neither the angry nor the hot-tempered, and do not put up security for another’s debt. The final warning imagines the debt paid in furniture: “If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?” The chapter closes with an ancient boundary stone and a skilled worker standing before kings.

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    1. Prov 22:1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

    2. Prov 22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

    3. Prov 22:3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

    4. Prov 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

    5. Prov 22:5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

    6. Prov 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

    7. Prov 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

    8. Prov 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

    9. Prov 22:9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

    10. Prov 22:10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

    11. Prov 22:11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

    12. Prov 22:12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

    13. Prov 22:13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

    14. Prov 22:14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

    15. Prov 22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

    16. Prov 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

    17. Prov 22:17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—

    18. Prov 22:18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.

    19. Prov 22:19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.

    20. Prov 22:20Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,

    21. Prov 22:21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

    22. Prov 22:22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,

    23. Prov 22:23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.

    24. Prov 22:24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

    25. Prov 22:25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

    26. Prov 22:26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.

    27. Prov 22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

    28. Prov 22:28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.

    29. Prov 22:29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

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    Where this is echoed

    Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 273 passages were voted onto 29 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.

    • 6Ephesians 6:4Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
    • 6Deuteronomy 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
    • 62 Timothy 3:15From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
    • 6Genesis 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
    • 6Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
    • 4Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
    • 4James 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
    • 6Psalms 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
    • 4Psalms 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
    • 1Ecclesiastes 7:1A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.
    • 4Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
    • 61 Samuel 1:28I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD.” So they worshiped the LORD there.
    • 4Psalms 112:1–3Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
    • 61 Samuel 2:26And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
    • 4Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
    • 4Isaiah 33:6He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.

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