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22:1  The Name is better than great wealth, and compassion is better than gold or silver.
22:2  The rich and the poor meet each other and Lord Jehovah made both of them.
22:3  A prudent one sees an evil man being scourged and is powerfully instructed, but fools pass by him and suffer damage.
22:4  The pursuers of humility: the awe of Lord Jehovah, wealth, honor and Life.
22:5  Nets and snares are in the perverse way, and he that keeps his soul will be far from them.
22:6  He that reproves a boy concerning the beginning of his way, even if he becomes old he will not turn away from it.
22:7  A rich man will be authorized by the poor and the Servant will lend to him who was his lender.
22:8  He that sows evil will reap fraud, and the scepter of his anger will be destroyed.
22:9  Whose ever eye is good will be blessed, because he gives of his bread to the poor.
22:10  Destroy the evil one and cast out the contentious, abolish judgment and shame, lest he sit in the assembly and shame all of you.
22:11  God loves him that is pure in heart and he shows love upon the lips of the king's friends.
22:12  The eyes of Lord Jehovah preserve knowledge and they destroy the words of liars.
22:13  When the lazy man was sent, he said, “There is a lion in the road, and look, a killer is in the streets!”
22:14  The mouth of an estranged woman is a deep ditch, and he with whom Lord Jehovah is angry falls there.
22:15  Senselessness disturbs the heart of a boy and a rod of discipline puts it far from him.
22:16  He that harms the poor increases his own affliction and he that gives to the rich suffers loss to his soul.
22:17  Bend your ear and hear the words of the wise and apply your heart to knowledge.
22:18  Because they are sweet, keep them in your gut, and they will form together upon your lips.
22:19  I have informed you today that your trust may be upon Lord Jehovah.
22:20  And look, I have written these things to you three times
22:21  That I may make known to you counsel, knowledge, stillness and the words of truth, that you may return the word of truth to him that sends you.
22:22  Do not oppress the poor because he is poor and do not humiliate the afflicted one in the gate.
22:23  Because Lord Jehovah decides their judgment and the humiliation of their souls is repaid.
22:24  You shall not be a friend to an angry man and do not enter with a man that is filled with passion,
22:25  Lest you learn his laws and you find a scandal to your soul.
22:26  Do not give yourself as security because you are shamed before people.
22:27  If you cannot pay, they will take the bed from under you.
22:28  Do not remove the border which your fathers have made from old times.
22:29  If you have seen a man skilled in his work, he will stand before kings and he will not stand in front of obscure men.