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| 22:1 |
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
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| 22:2 |
The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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| 22:3 |
The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
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| 22:4 |
The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
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| 22:5 |
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; the cautious will keep far from them.
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| 22:6 |
Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray.
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| 22:7 |
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
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| 22:8 |
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
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| 22:9 |
Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.
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| 22:10 |
Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out; quarreling and abuse will cease.
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| 22:11 |
Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech will have the king as a friend.
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| 22:12 |
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
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| 22:13 |
The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
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| 22:14 |
The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry falls into it.
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| 22:15 |
Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
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| 22:16 |
Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.
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| 22:17 |
The words of the wise: Incline your ear and hear my words, and apply your mind to my teaching;
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| 22:18 |
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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| 22:19 |
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today-- yes, to you.
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| 22:20 |
Have I not written for you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
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| 22:21 |
to show you what is right and true, so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
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| 22:22 |
Do not rob the poor because they are poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate;
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| 22:23 |
for the LORD pleads their cause and despoils of life those who despoil them.
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| 22:24 |
Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads,
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| 22:25 |
or you may learn their ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
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| 22:26 |
Do not be one of those who give pledges, who become surety for debts.
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| 22:27 |
If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
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| 22:28 |
Do not remove the ancient landmark that your ancestors set up.
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| 22:29 |
Do you see those who are skillful in their work? they will serve kings; they will not serve common people.
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