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Proverbs, Chapter 22

¹ Favor is better than silver and gold.	1 Pro 10:7 Ecc 7:1
² A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,	2 Job 31:15 Pro 14:31
² The rich and the poor^a Lit meet togetherhave a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all.
³ The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the^b Lit simplenaive go on, and are punished for it.	3 Pro 14:16 Pro 27:12 Isa 26:20
⁴ The reward of humility and the^c Or reverencefear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.	5 Pro 15:19
⁶ Train up a child^d Lit according to his wayin the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.	6 Eph 6:4
⁷ The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.	7 Pro 18:23 Jam 2:6
⁸ He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.	8 Job 4:8 Psa 125:3
⁹ He who^e Lit has a good eyeis generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.	9 Pro 19:17 Co2 9:6 Luk 14:13
¹⁰ Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.	10 Gen 21:9 Gen 21:10 Pro 18:6 Pro 26:20
¹¹ He who loves purity of heart And^f Lit has grace on his lipswhose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.	11 Psa 24:4 Mat 5:8 Pro 14:35 Pro 16:13
¹² The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
¹³ The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!”	13 Pro 26:13
¹⁴ The mouth of^g Lit strange womanan adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall^h Lit thereinto it.	14 Pro 2:16 Pro 5:3 Pro 7:5 Pro 23:27 Ecc 7:26
¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.	15 Pro 13:24 Pro 23:14
¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor to makeⁱ Lit muchmore for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.	16 Ecc 5:8 Jam 2:13 Pro 28:22
¹⁷ Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;	17 Pro 5:1
¹⁸ For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, ^j Lit They togetherThat they may be ready on your lips.	18 Pro 2:10
¹⁹ So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have^k Lit made you knowtaught you today, even you.	19 Pro 3:5
²⁰ Have I not written to you^l Or previousexcellent things Of counsels and knowledge,	20 Pro 8:6
²¹ To make you know the^m Lit truthcertainty of the words of truth That you mayⁿ Lit return to words of truthcorrectly answer him who sent you?	21 Luk 1:3 Luk 1:4 Pro 25:13 Pe1 3:15
²² Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or crush the afflicted at the gate;	22 Exo 23:6 Job 31:16 Pro 22:16 Zec 7:10 Mal 3:5
²³ For the LORD will plead their case And^o Lit rob the soultake the life of those who rob them.	23 Sa1 25:39 Psa 12:5 Psa 35:10 Psa 140:12 Pro 23:11 Jer 51:36
²⁴ Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man,	24 Pro 29:22
²⁵ Or you will learn his ways And^p Lit takefind a snare for yourself.	25 Co1 15:33
²⁶ Do not be among those who give^q Lit strike handspledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.	26 Pro 17:18
²⁷ If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you?	27 Exo 22:26 Pro 20:16
²⁸ Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.	28 Deu 19:14 Deu 27:17 Job 24:2 Pro 23:10
²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.	29 Gen 41:46 Ki1 10:8


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