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Proverbs 22
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1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.CProverbs 21:24-22:1TOSKProverbs 22:1
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.TOSKProverbs 22:2
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3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.TOSKProverbs 22:3
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4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.TOSKProverbs 22:4
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5 Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.TOSKProverbs 22:5
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.TOSKProverbs 22:6
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7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.TOSKProverbs 22:7
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8 He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.TOSKProverbs 22:8
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9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.TOSKProverbs 22:9
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10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.TOSKProverbs 22:10
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11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.TOSKProverbs 22:11
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12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.TOSKProverbs 22:12
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13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”TOSKProverbs 22:13
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.TOSKProverbs 22:14
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.TOSKProverbs 22:15
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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.TOSKProverbs 22:16
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17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—TOSKProverbs 22:17
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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.TOSKProverbs 22:18
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19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.TOSKProverbs 22:19
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20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,TOSKProverbs 22:20
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21 to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?TOSKProverbs 22:21
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22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,TOSKProverbs 22:22
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23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.TOSKProverbs 22:23
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24 Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,TOSKProverbs 22:24
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25 or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.TOSKProverbs 22:25
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26 Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.TOSKProverbs 22:26
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27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?TOSKProverbs 22:27
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28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.TOSKProverbs 22:28
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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.TOSKProverbs 22:29