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Proverbs - ch 22 v 1 - 20
- A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- The rich and 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 are punished.
- The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
- Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
- Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and 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 unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
- He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
- He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
- The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
- The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
- The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
- Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth 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: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
- That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
- Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
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