A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
And {Or, favor is better than &c.}loving favor rather than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and {Hebrew: are mulcted.}suffer for it.
The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child {Hebrew: according to his way.}in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap {Or, vanity}calamity;
And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
He that hath a {Hebrew: good.}bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
He that loveth {Another reading is, the pure of heart.}pureness of heart,
{Or, Hath grace in his lips Or, That hath grace in his lips}For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;
But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
He {Or, against whom Jehovah hath indignation}that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,
If they be established together upon thy lips.
That thy trust may be in Jehovah,
I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have not I written unto thee {The word is doubtful. Another reading is, heretofore.}excellent things
{Or, in}Of counsels and knowledge,
To make thee know {Or, of a certainty the words &c.}the certainty of the words of truth,
That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
Rob not the poor, {Or, for}because he is poor;
Neither {Or, crush}oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that despoil them.
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn this ways,
And get a snare to thy soul.
Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark,
Which thy fathers have set.
Seest thou a man {Or, skilful}diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;
He shall not stand before {Hebrew: obscure.}mean men.
Querverweise zu Sprüche 22,8 Spr 22,8
According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity,And sow {Or, mischief}trouble, reap the same.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: {Or, it hath no stalk}he hath no standing grain; the blade shall yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
For the sceptre of wickedness shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;That the righteous put not forth their hands unto iniquity.
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of {Or, faithlessness}lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
{Or, Woe to Asshur}Ho Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, the staff in whose hand is mine indignation!
For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him.