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22:1  A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
22:2  The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
22:3  A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
22:4  The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
22:5  Thorns and'snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
22:10  Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
22:12  The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
22:13  The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
22:14  The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
22:15  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain , And he that giveth to the rich,'shall come only to want.
22:17  Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
22:18  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
22:19  That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
22:20  Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
22:21  To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
22:22  Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
22:23  For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
22:24  Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
22:25  Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
22:26  Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts.
22:27  If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.