Proverbs 22
dourh@Proverbs:22:1 @ A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
dourh@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
dourh@Proverbs:22:3 @ The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
dourh@Proverbs:22:4 @ The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
dourh@Proverbs:22:5 @ Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
dourh@Proverbs:22:6 @ It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
dourh@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
dourh@Proverbs:22:8 @ He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
dourh@Proverbs:22:9 @ He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
dourh@Proverbs:22:10 @ Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
dourh@Proverbs:22:11 @ He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
dourh@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
dourh@Proverbs:22:13 @ The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
dourh@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
dourh@Proverbs:22:15 @ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
dourh@Proverbs:22:16 @ He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
dourh@Proverbs:22:17 @ Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
dourh@Proverbs:22:18 @ Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
dourh@Proverbs:22:19 @ That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
dourh@Proverbs:22:20 @ Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
dourh@Proverbs:22:21 @ That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
dourh@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
dourh@Proverbs:22:23 @ Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
dourh@Proverbs:22:24 @ Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
dourh@Proverbs:22:25 @ Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
dourh@Proverbs:22:26 @ Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
dourh@Proverbs:22:27 @ For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
dourh@Proverbs:22:28 @ Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
dourh@Proverbs:22:29 @ Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.