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A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
And favor is better than silver and gold.
Prov. 22
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The rich and the poor have this in common:
Jehovah is the
amaker of them all.
Prov. 22
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aA prudent man sees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and suffer punishment
for it.
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The reward of humility
and the fear of Jehovah
Are riches and honor and life.
Prov. 22
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Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will keep far from them.
Prov. 22
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aTrain up a child according to the way he should go;
Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov. 22
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The rich man rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
Prov. 22
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He who
asows injustice will reap iniquity,
And the rod of his wrath will fail.
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Prov. 22
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He who is
agenerous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his bread to the poor.
Prov. 22
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Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;
Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.
Prov. 22
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He who loves
apureness of heart
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.
Prov. 22
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The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
Prov. 22
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aThe sluggard says, There is a lion outside!
I will be slain in the streets!
Prov. 22
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The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.
Prov. 22
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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the
arod of correction will drive it far from him.
Prov. 22
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He who oppresses the poor to multiply his
gain,
And he who gives to the rich
will only
come to want.
Prov. 22
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Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
Prov. 22
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For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them be ready on your lips.
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So that your trust may be in Jehovah,
I have made
them known to you today, even to you.
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Have not I written to you
1excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
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To make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?
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Do not rob the poor, because he is poor;
Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;
Prov. 22
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For Jehovah will
aplead their cause,
And rob the life of those who rob them.
Prov. 22
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Make no friendship with a man
who is given to anger,
And with a wrathful man do not go;
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Lest you learn his ways
And get a snare for your soul.
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Do not be one of those who give
their hand as a pledge
Or one of those who are a surety for debts.
Prov. 22
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If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should your bed be taken away from under you?
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Do not remove the ancient
aboundary marker,
Which your fathers have set up.
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Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.
