Proverbs · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Proverbs 22 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 A fair name is better than much wealth, And good favor is above silver and gold.
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet together; But the Lord made them both.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
3 An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, But fools pass by and are punished.
3 A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4 The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, And wealth, and glory, and life.
4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.
5 Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; But he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.
5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them. 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The rich will rule over the poor, And servants will lend to their own masters.
7 The rich rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; And shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds.
8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
8a God loves a cheerful and liberal man; But [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works.
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9 He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; For he has given of his own bread to the poor.
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
9a He that gives liberally secures victory and honor; But he takes away the life of them that possess [them].
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10 Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; For when he sits in the council he dishonors all.
10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
11 The Lord loves holy hearts, And all blameless persons are acceptable with him: A king rules with his lips.
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
12 But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; But the transgressor despises [wise] words.
12 Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; And he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it.
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
14a Evil ways are before a man, And he does not like to turn away from them; But it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
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15 Folly is attached to the heart of a child, But the rod and instruction are [then] far from him.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, Yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
16 Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
17 Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: Hear also my word, and apply thy heart,
17 Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.
18 That thou mayest know that they are good: And if thou lay them to heart, They shall also gladden thee on thy lips,
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 That thy hope may be in the Lord, And he may make thy way known to thee.
19 I teach you today, even you, so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
20 And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself On the table of thy heart, for counsel and knowledge.
20 Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
21 I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; That thou mayest answer words of truth to them that question thee.
21 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?
22 Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: Neither dishonor the helpless [man] in the gates.
22 Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;
23 For the Lord will plead his cause, And thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.
23 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.
24 Be not companion to a furious man; Neither lodge with a passionate man:
24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man. Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
25 Lest thou learn of his ways, And get snares to thy soul.
25 lest you learn his ways and ensnare your soul.
26 Become not surety from respect of a man’s person.
26 Don’t you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts.
27 For if those have not whence to give compensation, They will take the bed [that is] under thee.
27 If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed.
28 Don’t move the ancient boundary stone which your fathers have set up.
29 It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business Should attend on kings, And not attend on slothful men.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ecclesiastes 7:1; Luke 10:20; 1 Kings 1:47
- 2 Job 31:15; 1 Samuel 2:7; Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 29:13; Job 34:19
- 3 Proverbs 27:12; Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 29:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:2–6; Hebrews 11:7
- 4 James 4:10; Matthew 6:33; Psalm 34:9–10; Proverbs 21:21; Psalm 112:1–3
- 5 Proverbs 16:17; Jude 20–21; 1 John 5:18; Proverbs 15:19; Psalm 18:26–27
- 7 2 Kings 4:1; Matthew 18:25; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 18:23; Proverbs 14:31
- 8 Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9 Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 10 1 Corinthians 5:5–6; Proverbs 26:20–21; 1 Corinthians 5:13; Psalm 101:5; Nehemiah 13:28
- 11 Matthew 5:8; Proverbs 16:13; Psalm 101:6; Proverbs 14:35; Psalm 45:2
- 12 2 Timothy 3:8–9; 2 Chronicles 16:9; Acts 13:8–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Job 5:12–13
- 13 Proverbs 26:13–16; Numbers 13:32–33; Proverbs 15:19
- 14 Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
- 15 Proverbs 13:24; Proverbs 29:15; Proverbs 19:18; Proverbs 23:13–14; Hebrews 12:10–11
- 16 Proverbs 22:22–23; James 2:13; Psalm 12:5; James 5:1–5; Luke 14:12–14
- 17 Proverbs 23:12; Psalm 90:12; Ecclesiastes 7:25; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 2:2–5
- 18 Jeremiah 15:16; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 8:6; Psalm 119:103; Proverbs 15:7
- 19 Psalm 62:8; Isaiah 12:2; Proverbs 3:5; Isaiah 26:4; 1 Peter 1:21
- 20 2 Peter 1:19–21; Proverbs 8:6; 2 Timothy 3:15–17; Psalm 12:6; Hosea 8:12
- 21 Luke 1:3–4; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 5:13; John 20:31
- 22 Zechariah 7:10; Malachi 3:5; Exodus 23:6; Proverbs 22:16; Job 31:21
- 23 Psalm 140:12; Psalm 12:5; Jeremiah 51:36; Proverbs 23:11; 1 Samuel 25:39
- 24 Proverbs 29:22; 2 Corinthians 6:14–17; Proverbs 21:24
- 25 1 Corinthians 15:33; Psalm 106:35; Proverbs 13:20
- 26 Proverbs 11:15; Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 6:1–5; Proverbs 27:13
- 27 Proverbs 20:16; 2 Kings 4:1; Exodus 22:26–27
- 28 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Job 24:2
- 29 1 Kings 11:28; Matthew 25:21; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 10:4; Matthew 25:23
- 8a Galatians 6:7–8; Job 4:8; Isaiah 30:31; Psalm 125:3; Hosea 10:13
- 9a Proverbs 19:17; Hebrews 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:18–19; Acts 20:35; 1 Peter 4:9
- 14a Ecclesiastes 7:26; Proverbs 23:27; Proverbs 6:24–29; Nehemiah 13:26; Proverbs 7:5–27
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Scripture says, "The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the Maker of them both." The rich and the poor meet together.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
Because we incessantly move the ancient landmarks which our fathers have set. We encroach, we add house to house, field to field, to enrich ourselves at the expense of our neighbour.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)