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Proverbs 22
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1A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favor is above silver and gold.
1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.
2The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
3An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished.
3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.
4By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
5Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
7The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.
7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
8He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works.
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honor; but he takes away the life of them that posses [them].
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonors all.
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips .
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises [wise] words .
12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
15Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are [then] far from him.
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17Incline your ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply your heart,
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18that you may know that they are good: and if you lay them to heart, they shall also gladden you on your lips.
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19That your hope may be in the Lord, and he may make your way known to you.
19That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20And do you too repeatedly record them for yourself on the table of your heart, for counsel and knowledge.
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21I therefore teach you truth, and knowledge good to hear; that you may answer words of truth to them that question you.
21That 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?
22Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonor the helpless [man] in the gates.
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the Lord will plead his cause, and you shall deliver your soul in safety.
23For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man :
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25lest you learn of his ways, and get snares to your soul.
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26Become not surety from respect of a man's person.
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed [that is] under you.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28Remove not the old landmarks, which your fathers placed.
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.