Top Verses from Proverbs 22  

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. (NIV)

Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.] (AMP)

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. (KJV)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. (NIV)

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (AMP)

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. (KJV)

A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. (NIV)

A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. (AMP)

A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. (KJV)

For the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life. (NIV)

For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive [the poor or afflicted]. [Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5.] (AMP)

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. (KJV)

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away. (NIV)

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. (AMP)

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

Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts (NIV)

Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts. (AMP)

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. (KJV)

Or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. (NIV)

Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare. (AMP)

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. (KJV)

If you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. (NIV)

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? (AMP)

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? (KJV)

Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life. (NIV)

The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. (AMP)

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. (KJV)

Those who oppress the poor to increase their wealth and those who give gifts to the rich – both come to poverty. (NIV)

He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich--both will surely come to want. (AMP)

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. (KJV)