Proverbs 22, sung word for word in more than 20 music styles, with the words on screen. Free. Choose a style and a voice to play it.
1 -A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 -The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 -The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 -The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 -Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who 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 rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 -He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 -A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 -Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 -He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 -The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 -The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 -The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 -Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 -Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
17 -Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 -for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 -So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 -Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 -to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
22 -Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 -for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
24 -Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 -or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 -Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 -If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
28 -Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
29 -Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
(Berean Standard Bible)
