nkjv - 22

nkjv@Proverbs:22:1 @ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:3 @ A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:4 @ By humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches and honor and life.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:5 @ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them.

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

nkjv@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is servant to the lender.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:8 @ He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:9 @ He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:10 @ Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:11 @ He who loves purity of heart And has grace on his lips, The king will be his friend.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the faithless.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:13 @ The lazy man says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!"

nkjv@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:15 @ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:16 @ He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:17 @ Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:18 @ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

nkjv@Proverbs:22:19 @ So that your trust may be in the LORD; I have instructed you today, even you.

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

nkjv@Proverbs:22:21 @ That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you?

nkjv@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:23 @ For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:24 @ Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,

nkjv@Proverbs:22:25 @ Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:26 @ Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:27 @ If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?

nkjv@Proverbs:22:28 @ Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:29 @ Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.

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