Proverbs 22

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1} A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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2} The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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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 honor, and life.

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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.

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

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7} The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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8} He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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9} He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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10} Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

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11} He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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12} The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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13} The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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14} The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.

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

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16} He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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17} Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. ^{Tools
18} For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. ^{Tools
19} That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. ^{Tools
20} Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ^{Tools
21} That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

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22} Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ^{Tools
23} For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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24} Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: ^{Tools
25} Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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26} Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. ^{Tools
27} If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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28} Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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29} Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.