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22:1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, / And favor is better than silver and gold. Compare
22:2The rich and the poor have this in common: / Jehovah is the maker of them all. Compare
22:3A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, / But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it. Compare
22:4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah / Are riches and honor and life. Compare
22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; / He who guards his soul will keep far from them. Compare
22:6Train up a child according to the way he should go; / Even when he is old, he will not depart from it. Compare
22:7The rich man rules over the poor, / And the borrower is servant to the lender. Compare
22:8He who sows injustice will reap iniquity, / And the rod of his wrath will fail. Compare
22:9He who is generous will be blessed, / For he gives some of his bread to the poor. Compare
22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; / Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease. Compare
22:11He who loves pureness of heart / And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend. Compare
22:12The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge, / But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man. Compare
22:13The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! / I will be slain in the streets! Compare
22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; / He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there. Compare
22:15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; / But the rod of correction will drive it far from him. Compare
22:16He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain, / And he who gives to the rich will only come to want. Compare
22:17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, / And apply your heart to my knowledge; Compare
22:18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; / Let them be ready on your lips. Compare
22:19So that your trust may be in Jehovah, / I have made them known to you today, even to you. Compare
22:20Have not I written to you excellent things / Of counsels and knowledge, Compare
22:21To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, / That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you? Compare
22:22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; / Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate; Compare
22:23For Jehovah will plead their cause, / And rob the life of those who rob them. Compare
22:24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger, / And with a wrathful man do not go; Compare
22:25Lest you learn his ways / And get a snare for your soul. Compare
22:26Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledge / Or one of those who are a surety for debts. Compare
22:27If you have nothing with which to pay, / Why should your bed be taken away from under you? Compare
22:28Do not remove the ancient boundary marker, / Which your fathers have set up. Compare
22:29Do you see a man skilled in his work? / He will stand before kings; / He will not stand before obscure men. Compare

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