| Chapter 22 |
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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. --
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The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. --
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. --
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By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. --
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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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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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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. --
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. --
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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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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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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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Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. --
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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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Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. --
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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. --
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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. --
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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, --
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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: --
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. --
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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: --
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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. --
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Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. --
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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. --
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