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Proverbs 22:1

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  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    No. 4 2017, p. 9

  • Publications Index

    g17.4 9;

    w81 2/15 21; w76 37; w74 533; w73 156-157; w71 387; w71 645; w63 197; g63 3/8 6, 22; ns 7; w60 401

Proverbs 22:2

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  • Publications Index

    w77 295; w74 420

Proverbs 22:3

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  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 38

    The Watchtower (Study),

    4/2016, p. 11

    Awake!,

    No. 4 2016, p. 5

    3/8/1988, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 38; w16.04 11; g16.4 5; g88 3/8 21;

    g79 10/22 7-8; w75 101; g75 11/22 13; w74 90; g73 4/22 14; w53 491; w47 243

Proverbs 22:4

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w74 408; w63 102; w61 159

Proverbs 22:5

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  • Publications Index

    w39 343

Proverbs 22:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Verses Explained, article 47

    Awake!,

    No. 1 2021 p. 4

    3/8/1997, pp. 26-27

    9/22/1992, pp. 3, 9-10

    9/22/1991, p. 8

    5/22/1987, p. 9

    The Watchtower,

    4/1/2008, p. 16

    6/1/2007, p. 31

    2/1/1999, p. 32

    12/1/1997, pp. 6-8

    6/15/1997, p. 22

    10/15/1996, p. 21

    10/1/1993, pp. 3-4

    11/1/1988, p. 18

    8/1/1986, p. 29

    Satisfying Life, p. 5

    Family Happiness, pp. 74-75, 85

  • Publications Index

    ijwbv article 47; g21.1 4; w08 4/1 16; w07 6/1 31; la 5; w99 2/1 32; w97 6/15 22; w97 12/1 6-8; g97 3/8 26-27; w96 10/15 21; fy 75, 85; w93 10/1 3-4; g92 9/22 3, 9-10; g91 9/22 8; w88 11/1 18; g87 5/22 9; w86 8/1 29;

    w83 10/15 27; g81 4/8 12; fl 115; g77 8/8 20; w74 81, 84; w74 268; w73 552-558; w71 341; w69 429; w64 643; g64 3/22 27; g64 9/8 16; g64 11/22 8; w63 491, 666; w62 206, 459, 479, 584; g62 3/8 7; g62 3/22 18; w61 40, 88, 172; g61 4/8 6; w57 676; w56 305; w54 53; w52 40, 50, 351; el 247

Proverbs 22:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 37

    The Watchtower (Study),

    7/2017, p. 10

    Awake!,

    4/8/1999, pp. 18-19

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/1997, pp. 20-21

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 37; w17.07 10; g99 4/8 18-19; w97 3/15 20-21;

    w81 4/1 5; hp 56; g78 10/8 16; w75 4-5; w71 766; g61 9/8 18

Proverbs 22:9

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w51 583; w47 235

Proverbs 22:11

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    22:11 Unc., susp.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    3/15/2010, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w10 3/15 30;

    yy 169; w73 157; w47 139; en 343; w34 270

Proverbs 22:12

Footnotes

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    22:12 Conj. Jehovah has an eye to one who keeps the knowledge of him

Proverbs 22:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 227

    Awake!,

    6/8/1990, pp. 17-18

  • Publications Index

    it-2 227; g90 6/8 17-18;

    w80 2/15 27; ad 1048; g62 6/8 4; w53 104, 217

Proverbs 22:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 645

  • Publications Index

    it-2 645;

    ad 1315; w60 684

Proverbs 22:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Close to Jehovah, pp. 100-101

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 272

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 818

    Awake!,

    4/2015, p. 6

    9/8/1992, pp. 26-27

    The Watchtower,

    6/15/2008, pp. 10-11

    Book for All, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    cl 100-101; it-1 272; it-2 818; g 4/15 6; w08 6/15 10-11; ba 24; g92 9/8 26-27;

    g83 7/8 13; w82 10/15 27; w81 11/1 17; hp 94-95; w79 5/1 30; w79 9/1 12; g79 5/8 27; w76 717; w74 82; g74 4/22 14-15; w73 556-557; w71 592; g66 11/8 9; w65 163; g64 10/8 22; g64 11/22 8; w63 497; g63 6/22 6; w62 584; g62 7/8 30; g62 10/22 6; w61 175, 179; g61 1/8 27; g61 7/22 6; w60 80; w57 87; w52 39, 43; el 253; w49 28; w46 279

Proverbs 22:17

Footnotes

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    22:17 Codd. To wise men’s words bend your ear, and hear my speech Var. Bend your ear and hear wise men’s words

  • *

    22:17 Var. to my knowledge

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower (Study),

    2/2022, p. 8

  • Publications Index

    w22.02 8;

    w61 589; w57 662; w48 138

Proverbs 22:18

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w48 138

Proverbs 22:19

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    22:19 Codd. I have today let you too know

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w61 589

Proverbs 22:20

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    22:20 Lit. Have I not written for you thirty

Proverbs 22:21

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    22:21 Codd. make known the right of words of truth

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    22:21 Codd. bring back words of truth to

Proverbs 22:22

Footnotes

  • *

    22:22 Lit. crush down a downtrodden man

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 893

  • Publications Index

    it-1 893;

    ad 624

Proverbs 22:24

Footnotes

  • *

    22:24 Lit. nor go in with

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 152

    Awake!,

    5/8/1987, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 152; g87 5/8 23;

    w80 2/15 27; w77 67; w75 648; w60 73, 411

Proverbs 22:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Bible Questions Answered, article 152

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1122

    Awake!,

    5/8/1987, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    ijwbq article 152; it-2 1122; g87 5/8 23;

    w80 2/15 27; w77 67; w75 648; w60 411

Proverbs 22:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 217

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1046

  • Publications Index

    it-1 217; it-2 1046;

    w75 4-5; w71 767; w62 243, 509

Proverbs 22:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 1046

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1046;

    w75 4-5; w71 767

Proverbs 22:28

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    6/8/2002, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    g02 6/8 21

Proverbs 22:29

Footnotes

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    22:29 Conj. A man who gets his work done speedily will find

  • *

    22:29 Conj. that either one line of this verse has been lost in copying or one line has been added in copying

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    g63 6/22 3; w34 270

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The Bible in Living English
Proverbs 22:1-29

Proverbs

22 Reputation is preferable to great wealth,

popularity to silver and gold.

2 A rich man and a poor man meet—

Jehovah is the maker of all.

3 A sagacious man sees an evil and gets under cover,

but simpletons go ahead and will pay the penalty.

4 The sequel of humility is fear of Jehovah,

riches, honor, and life.

5 There are thorns and traps in a crooked man’s road;

he who is guarding his life will keep aloof from them.

6 Give a boy the start his course requires;

even when he grows old he will not deviate from it.

7 A rich man rules over poor men,

and a borrower is slave to a lender.

8 One who sows knavery will reap trouble,

and his cudgel of wrath gives out.

9 A generous-hearted man will be blessed

because he has given bread of his to a poor man.

10 Turn out a cynic and out goes quarreling,

and dispute and dishonor come to an end.

11* Jehovah loves a clean-hearted man;

one whose lips are agreeable has a king for his friend.

12* Jehovah’s eyes watch over knowledge,

but he upsets the affairs of a faithless man.

13 An idler says “There is a lion in the street,”

“I shall be murdered right out in the squares.”

14 Stranger women’s mouths are a deep pitfall;

he to whom Jehovah is hostile will fall in.

15 Foolishness is tied into a boy’s heart;

the cudgel of discipline will drive it away.

16 A man refusing pay to a poor man with the result that he gets more—

a man giving to a rich man with the result only of destitution.

17** Wise men’s words.

Bend your ear and hear my words,

and set your heart to know,

18 Because it will be delightful that you keep them within you, have them planted together on your lips.

19* That your confidence may be in Jehovah,

I have made known life to you too.

20* I have written for you, as you see, thirty points

in good advice and knowledge,

21** That you may make known words of truth,

may bring back word to him who sent you.

22* Do not rob a poor man because he is poor

nor overbear a downtrodden man in the gate,

23 For Jehovah will defend their cause

and shave down the lives of those who shave them down.

24* Do not make friends with a man who easily gets angry

nor keep company with a man given to bursts of temper,

25 For fear you should get into his ways

and come to have a trap waiting for your life.

26 Do not be among those who strike hands,

those who go security for moneylenders’ loans:

27 If you do not have enough to pay,

why should he take your bed out from under you?

28 Do not displace an old-time boundary-mark

which your fathers made.

29** If you see a man getting his work done speedily

he will find his place in the service of kings,

will not find his place in the service of nobodies.

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