mkjv - 22

mkjv@Proverbs:22:1 @ A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches; [and] loving favor rather than silver or gold.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and poor meet together; the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:3 @ A prudent one foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:4 @ By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches and honor and life.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:5 @ Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse; he who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:6 @ Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:8 @ He who sows iniquity shall reap vanity; and the rod of his anger shall fail.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:9 @ He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:10 @ Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:11 @ He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king [shall be] his friend.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the LORD keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:13 @ The lazy one says, [There is] a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit; those despised [by] the LORD shall fall there.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:15 @ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:16 @ He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only [to come] to poverty.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:17 @ Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to My knowledge.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:18 @ For [it is] a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted in your lips,

mkjv@Proverbs:22:19 @ so that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:20 @ Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

mkjv@Proverbs:22:21 @ that I might make you know the sureness of the words of truth; to return the words of truth to those who send to you?

mkjv@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do not rob the poor, because he [is] poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

mkjv@Proverbs:22:23 @ for the LORD will plead their cause, and strip the soul of those who plunder them.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:24 @ Make no friendship with an angry man; and you shall not go up with a man of fury,

mkjv@Proverbs:22:25 @ lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:26 @ Be not one of those who strike hands, of those who are sureties for debts.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:27 @ If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

mkjv@Proverbs:22:28 @ Do not remove the old landmark which your fathers have set.

mkjv@Proverbs:22:29 @ Do you see a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before unknown [men].

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