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22:1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold. 22:2 The rich and the poor are met together; the Lord is the Creator of them both. 22:3 A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it. 22:4 The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life. 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them. 22:6 Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. 22:7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 22:8 The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end. 22:9 A generous person will be blessed, for he has given some of his food to the poor. 22:10 Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease. 22:11 The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious —the king will be his friend. 22:12 The eyes of the Lord watched over a cause and subverted the words of the treacherous person. 22:13 The sluggard has said, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!” 22:14 The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it. 22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. 22:16 The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich —both end up only in poverty.
22:17 Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my instruction. 22:18 For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips. 22:19 So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I hereby make them known to you today—even you. 22:20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, 22:21 to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you? 22:22 Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, 22:23 for the Lord will plead their case and will rob the life of those who are robbing them. 22:24 Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person, 22:25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. 22:26 Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts. 22:27 If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you! 22:28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone that was put in place by your ancestors. 22:29 You have seen a person skilled in his work— he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
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