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22:1  A reputation is to be chosen rather than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
22:2  Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
22:3  The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
22:4  The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.
22:5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.
22:6  Train the child concerning his way; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
22:7  The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of the lender.
22:8  He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
22:9  He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
22:10  Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.
22:11  He who loves purity of heart and hasgracious speech, his friend is the king.
22:12  The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.
22:13  A lazy person says “A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
22:14  A deep pit is the mouth of an adulteress, he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.
22:15  Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; the rod of discipline will drive it from him.
22:16  He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself, or gives to the rich, will come to poverty.
22:17  Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.
22:18  For it is pleasant if you guard them within you; together they will be ready upon your lips.
22:19  In order for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made them known to you today—even you.
22:20  Have I not written for you thirty sayings with admonitions and knowledge?
22:21  In order to show you what is right—sayings of truth— in order to return a true saying to him who sent you.
22:22  Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
22:23  For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.
22:24  Do not befriend an owner of anger, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
22:25  lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.
22:26  Do not be with those who give a pledge by becoming surety.
22:27  If there is nothing for you to pay, why will he take your bed from under you?
22:28  Do not remove an ancient boundary marker which your ancestors made.
22:29  A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.