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Chapter 22 |
| 1 | A GOOD name is
rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and
gold. |
| 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. |
| 4 | By humility and the fear of the
LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
| 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. |
| 7 | The rich ruleth over the poor, and the
borrower is servant to the lender. |
| 8 | He that soweth iniquity shall
reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. |
| 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 go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease. |
| 11 | He that loveth pureness of heart, for the
grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. |
| 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. |
| 14 | The mouth of strange women is
a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. |
| 15 |
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall
drive it far from him. |
| 16 | He that oppresseth the poor to increase his
riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
| 17 |
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto
my knowledge. |
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18 | For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within
thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. |
| 19 | That thy
trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to
thee. |
| 20 |
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and
knowledge, |
| 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 unto
thee? |
| 22 |
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the
afflicted in the gate: |
| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 29 |
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he
shall not stand before mean men. |
