New King James Version

Proverbs 22:1-7 New King James Version (NKJV)

1. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

2. The rich and the poor have this in common,The Lord is the maker of them all.

3. A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,But the simple pass on and are punished.

4. By humility and the fear of the LordAre riches and honor and life.

5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;He who guards his soul will be 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 rules over the poor,And the borrower is servant to the lender.