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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 poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all.
22:3  A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass by and are punished.
22:4  With humility and the fear of the Lord come riches and honor and life.
22:5  Thorns and snares are in the path of the froward; he that doth keep his soul shall stay far from them.
22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go, and 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 vanity, and the rod of his anger 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 scorner, and contention shall go away; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart: for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
22:12  The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and He overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
22:13  The slothful man saith, “There is a lion without! I shall be slain in the streets!”
22:14  The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; he that is abhorred by the Lord shall fall therein.
22:15  Foolishness is bound into 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 riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:17  Bow down thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
22:18  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, that they may indeed be ready upon thy lips.
22:19  That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made it known to thee this day, even to thee!
22:20  Have I not written to thee excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
22:21  that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22:22  Rob not the poor because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted at the gate;
22:23  for the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoiled them.
22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go,
22:25  lest thou learn his ways and get a snare for thy soul.
22:26  Be not thou one of them that strike hands or of them that are sureties for debts;
22:27  if thou hast nothing 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 men of low estate.