Proverbs:22

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* A [good ] name is rather to be chosen than great riches , loving favor rather than silver and gold . * The rich and the poor meet together . LORD is the maker of them all . * A prudent man sees the evil , and hides himself , but the simple pass on , and suffer for it . * The reward of humility [and ] the fear of LORD [is ] riches and honor and life . * Thorns [and ] snares are in the way of a perverse man . He who keeps his soul shall be far from them . * Train up a child in the way he should go , and even when he is old he will not depart from it . * The rich rule over the poor , and the borrower is servant to the lender . * He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity , and the rod of his wrath shall fail . * He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed , for he gives of his bread to the poor . * Cast out the scoffer , and contention will go out , yea , strife and reproach will cease . * He who loves pureness of heart , [for ] the grace of his lips , the king will be his friend . * The eyes of LORD preserve knowledge , but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man . * The sluggard says , There is a lion outside . I shall be slain in the streets . * The mouth of interloping women is a deep pit . He who is abhorred of LORD shall fall in it . * Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child , [but ] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him . * He who oppresses a poor man to his increase , [and ] he who gives to a rich man , [comes ] only to want . * Incline thine ear , and hear the words of the wise , and apply thy heart to my knowledge . * For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee , if they be established together upon thy lips . * That thy trust may be in LORD , I have made [them ] known to thee this day , even to thee . * Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge , * to make thee know the certainty of the words of truth , that thou may carry back words of truth to those who send thee ? * Do not rob a poor man , because he is poor , nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate . * For LORD will plead their cause , and despoil of life those who despoil them . * Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger , and thou shall not go with a wrathful man , * lest thou learn this ways , and get a snare to thy soul . * Be thou not one of those who strike hands , [or ] of those who are sureties for debts . * If thou have not wherewith to pay , why should he take away thy bed from under thee ? * Remove not the ancient landmark , which thy fathers have set . * See thou a man diligent in his business ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before obscure men .

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