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Proverbs - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- A `good' name is rather to be chosen than great riches, `And' loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
- A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- The reward of humility `and' the fear of Jehovah `Is' riches, and honor, and life.
- Thorns `and' snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
- Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
- He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
- He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
- He that loveth pureness of heart, `For' the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
- The eyes of Jehovah preserve `him that hath' knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
- The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
- The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
- Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; `But' the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- He that oppresseth the poor to increase his `gain', `And' he that giveth to the rich, `shall come' only to want.
- Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
- For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
- That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made `them' known to thee this day, even to thee.
- Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
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