The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is (A)riches and honor and life.[a]
(B)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
    whoever (C)guards his soul will keep far from them.
(D)Train up a child 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 The reward for humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and honor and life

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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