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22:1  A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, and grace rather than silver or gold.
22:2  Rich and poor have this in common— Adonai is the Maker of them all.
22:3  A crafty person sees danger and hides, but the naïve keep going and suffer for it.
22:4  The reward of humility and fear of Adonai is riches, honor and life.
22:5  Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but one who guards his soul stays far from them.
22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go, when he is old he will not turn from it.
22:7  The rich rule over the poor, the borrower is a slave to the lender.
22:8  One who sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will perish.
22:9  One with a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
22:10  Throw out a scoffer and strife will go out, quarreling and disgrace will cease.
22:11  One who loves purity of heart and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
22:12  The eyes of Adonai guard knowledge, but He undermines the words of the faithless.
22:13  The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the streets.”
22:14  The mouth of a seducing woman is a deep pit— into it will fall one with whom Adonai is angry.
22:15  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but a rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
22:16  The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich—both end in poverty.
22:17  Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
22:18  For it is delightful if you keep them within you, ready on your lips.
22:19  So that your trust may be in Adonai, I made them known to you this day, even you.
22:20  Have I not written to you thirty sayings of admonition and knowledge,
22:21  to show you true and reliable words, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22:22  Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, nor crush the needy at the gate,
22:23  for Adonai will plead their case, and rob life from those who plunder them.
22:24  Do not be friends with one given to anger or associate with a hot-tempered person,
22:25  lest you learn his ways, and entangle your soul in a snare.
22:26  Do not be one who shakes hands or puts up security for debts.
22:27  If you do not have enough to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
22:28  Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers set up.
22:29  Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings. He will not stand before obscure people.