| Chapter 22
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1 | A GOOD name is
rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and
gold. |
2 | The rich
and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
3 | A prudent man foreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. |
4 | By humility and the fear of the
LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
5 | Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward:
he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. |
6 | Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
7 | The rich ruleth over the poor, and
the borrower is servant to the lender. |
8 | He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and
the rod of his anger shall fail. |
9 | He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth
of his bread to the poor. |
10
| Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease. |
11
| He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the
king shall be his friend. |
12
| The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the
words of the transgressor. |
13 | The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be
slain in the streets. |
14
| The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of
the LORD shall fall therein. |
15 | Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him. |
16 | He that oppresseth the poor to increase his
riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
17 | Bow down thine ear, and
hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. |
18 | For it is a pleasant
thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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19 | That thy trust
may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. |
20 | Have not I written
to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
21 | That I might make thee know the
certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth
to them that send unto thee? |
22 | Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the
afflicted in the gate: |
23
| For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those
that spoiled them. |
24 |
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt
not go: |
25 | Lest
thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. |
26 | Be not thou one of them that
strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. |
27 | If thou hast nothing to pay, why
should he take away thy bed from under thee? |
28 | Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy
fathers have set. |
29 |
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men. |
