Revised Version 1885

Proverbs 22:11-18 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

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

12. The eyes of the Lord preserve him that hath knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

13. The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets.

14. The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.

15. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

16. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.

17. Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

18. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.