Welcome to Proverbs chapter 22 on Build Your Bible Habit. This chapter begins with an emphasis on the

importance of having a good reputation and ends with a focus on the benefits of being diligent.

These are related. Both refer to a person who's responsible and reliable. Sandwiched in between

verses 1 and 29 are a host of instructions for

daily living. There's something for everyone in Proverbs. Let's read it together.

Proverbs chapter 22. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches and loving favor rather

than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together,

the Lord is the maker of them all. A prudent man foreseeeth the evil, and hideeth himself,

but the simple pass on and are punished. By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches,

and honor and life. Thorns and snares are in the way of the

froward. He that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Train up a child in the way he should go,

and 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 vanity and the rod of his anger shall fail he that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed for he giveth up his bread to the poor

cast out the scorner and contention shall go out, yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips, the king shall be his friend.

The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The slothful man saith,

There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit.

He that is aboard of the Lord shall fall therein.

Foolishness is bound 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 riches, and he that giveth to the rich shall surely come to want.

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