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drb@Proverbs:22:1 @A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.

drb@Proverbs:22:2 @The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.

drb@Proverbs:22:3 @The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.

drb@Proverbs:22:4 @The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.

drb@Proverbs:22:5 @Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.

drb@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.

drb@Proverbs:22:7 @The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.

drb@Proverbs:22:8 @He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.

drb@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.

drb@Proverbs:22:10 @Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.

drb@Proverbs:22:11 @He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.

drb@Proverbs:22:12 @The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.

drb@Proverbs:22:13 @The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

drb@Proverbs:22:14 @The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.

drb@Proverbs:22:15 @Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.

drb@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

drb@Proverbs:22:17 @Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:

drb@Proverbs:22:18 @Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:

drb@Proverbs:22:19 @That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.

drb@Proverbs:22:20 @Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:

drb@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.

drb@Proverbs:22:22 @Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

drb@Proverbs:22:23 @Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

drb@Proverbs:22:24 @Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

drb@Proverbs:22:25 @Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.

drb@Proverbs:22:26 @Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

drb@Proverbs:22:27 @For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?

drb@Proverbs:22:28 @Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.

drb@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.

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