# Proverbs 22.4

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**Book:** [Proverbs](/codex/proverbs/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 2. The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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> **4. The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.**
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> 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:2-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 2. The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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> **4. The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life.**
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> 5. Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them. 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. (Proverbs 22:2-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 2. The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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> **4. By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. <sup>By: or, The reward of humility, etc</sup>**
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> 5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall 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. <sup>Train: or, Catechise</sup> <sup>in: Heb. in his way</sup> (Proverbs 22:2-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 2. Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah. 3. The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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> **4. The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.**
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> 5. Thorns, snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. 6. Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. (Proverbs 22:2-6, YLT)

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H3519 - kavod](/codex/h3519-kavod/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.