Proverbs 22

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1. 1A good name is to be chosen over great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
2. 2The rich and the poor come together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
3. 3A prudent person sees danger and hides, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
4. 4Riches, honor, and life come from humility and the fear of the LORD.
5. 5Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will stay far from them.
6. 6Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not turn from it.
7. 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a servant to the lender.
8. 8Whoever sows iniquity will reap vanity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
9. 9The one who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives his bread to the poor.
10. 10Remove the scorner, and contention will leave; indeed, strife and disgrace will stop.
11. 11Whoever loves a pure heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
12. 12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13. 13The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the streets!'
14. 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; whoever is abhorred by the LORD will fall into it.
15. 15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
16. 16Anyone who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and anyone who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
17. 17Listen carefully and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
18. 18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips.
19. 19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made this known to you today, yes, to you.
20. 20Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21. 21to make you know the certainty of the words of truth, so that you might answer the words of truth to those who send to you?
22. 22Do not rob the poor because they are poor, and do not oppress the afflicted at the gate.
23. 23for the LORD will plead their cause and spoil the soul of those who spoiled them.
24. 24Do not be friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a furious person,
25. 25lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.
26. 26Do not be one of those who shake hands in pledge, or those who put up security for debts.
27. 27If you have nothing to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
28. 28Do not remove the ancient landmark set by your ancestors.
29. 29Do you see a man diligent in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before insignificant men.