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22:1  A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favour is better than silver or gold.
22:2  The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them all.
22:3  The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
22:4  The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honour and life.
22:5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
22:7  The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
22:8  Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
22:9  Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
22:10  Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarrelling and abuse will cease.
22:11  He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
22:12  The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
22:13  The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
22:14  The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
22:15  Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
22:16  Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
22:17  Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
22:18  for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
22:19  That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
22:20  Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
22:21  to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22:22  Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
22:23  for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
22:24  Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
22:25  lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
22:26  Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
22:27  If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
22:28  Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
22:29  Do you see a man skilful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.