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

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

vw@Proverbs:22:3 @ The prudent foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass along and are punished.

vw@Proverbs:22:4 @ By humility and the fear of Jehovah are riches and honor and life.

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

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

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

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

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

vw@Proverbs:22:10 @ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall leave; yes, condemnation and shame shall cease.

vw@Proverbs:22:11 @ He who loves pureness of heart and has grace on his lips; the king will be his friend.

vw@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of Jehovah have preserved knowledge, and He overthrows the words of those who deal treacherously.

vw@Proverbs:22:13 @ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!

vw@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; those abhorred by Jehovah shall fall there.

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

vw@Proverbs:22:16 @ He who oppresses the poor to make increase for himself, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.

vw@Proverbs:22:17 @ Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,

vw@Proverbs:22:18 @ for it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fixed upon your lips,

vw@Proverbs:22:19 @ so that your trust may be in Jehovah; I have made known to you this day, even to you.

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

vw@Proverbs:22:21 @ that I might make you know the verity of the words of truth; that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?

vw@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;

vw@Proverbs:22:23 @ for Jehovah will plead their case, and plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

vw@Proverbs:22:24 @ Make no friendship with an angry man; and do not go with a man of fury,

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

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

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

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

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

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