The reward of humility and the [a]fear of the Lord
Are riches, honor and life.
(A)Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards himself will be far from them.
(B)Train up a child [b]in the way he should go,
Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:4 Or reverence
  2. Proverbs 22:6 Lit according to his way

Humility is the fear of the Lord;
    its wages are riches and honor(A) and life.(B)

In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,(C)
    but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

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

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