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22:1  A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favor is better than silver and gold.
22:2  Rich and poor have this in common: the Lord makes them all.
22:3  A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
22:4  Humility, the fear of the Lord, results in wealth, honor, and life.
22:5  There are thorns and snares on the way of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them.
22:6  Start a youth out on his way; even when he grows old he will not depart from it.
22:7  The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender.
22:8  The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
22:9  A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
22:10  Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarreling and dishonor will cease.
22:11  The one who loves a pure heart and gracious lips—the king is his friend.
22:12  The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous.
22:13  The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
22:14  The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.
22:15  Foolishness is bound to the heart of a youth; a rod of discipline will separate it from him.
22:16  Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.
22:17  Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge.
22:18  For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips.
22:19  I have instructed you today—even you— so that your confidence may be in the Lord.
22:20  Haven’t I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
22:21  in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who sent you?
22:22  Don’t rob a poor person because he is poor, and don’t crush the oppressed at the city gate,
22:23  for the Lord will champion their cause and will plunder those who plunder them.
22:24  Don’t make friends with an angry person, and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,
22:25  or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
22:26  Don’t be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans.
22:27  If you have nothing with which to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you.
22:28  Don’t move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors set up.
22:29  Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of the unknown.