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| 22:1 |
A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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| 22:2 |
Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
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| 22:3 |
A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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| 22:4 |
Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
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| 22:5 |
In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
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| 22:6 |
Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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| 22:7 |
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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| 22:8 |
He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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| 22:9 |
A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
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| 22:10 |
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
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| 22:11 |
He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
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| 22:12 |
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
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| 22:13 |
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"
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| 22:14 |
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
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| 22:15 |
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
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| 22:16 |
He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
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| 22:17 |
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
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| 22:18 |
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
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| 22:19 |
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
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| 22:20 |
Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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| 22:21 |
teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?
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| 22:22 |
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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| 22:23 |
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
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| 22:24 |
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
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| 22:25 |
or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
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| 22:26 |
Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
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| 22:27 |
if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
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| 22:28 |
Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.
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| 22:29 |
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
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