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Proverbs 22

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¹Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold. ²The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all. ³A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. ⁴The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life. ⁵Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. ⁶Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it. ⁷The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. ⁸He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. ⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor. ¹⁰Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease. ¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend. ¹²The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. ¹³The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets. ¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein. ¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want. ¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. ¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. ¹⁹That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee. ²⁰Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, ²¹To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee? ²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ²³For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them. ²⁴Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: ²⁵Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul. ²⁶Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts. ²⁷If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? ²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. ²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.