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Chapter 22 |
1 | A good name is rather to be chosen than
great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. |
2 | The rich and poor meet together: the LORD
is the maker of them all. |
3 |
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on,
and are punished. |
4 |
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. |
5
| Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth
keep his soul shall be far from them. |
6
| Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he
will not depart from it. |
7 | The rich ruleth over the poor, and the
borrower is servant to the lender. |
8 |
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall
fail. |
9 | He
that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread
to the poor.
2nd Cor 9:7
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10 | Cast out the
scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall
cease. |
11 |
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king
shall be his friend. |
12 | The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. |
13 | The slothful man saith, There is a lion
without, I shall be slain in the streets. |
14 | The mouth of strange women is a deep pit:
he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. |
15 | Foolishness is bound in the heart of a
child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. |
16 | He that oppresseth the poor to increase
his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
17
| Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply
thine heart unto my knowledge. |
18 |
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall
withal be fitted in thy lips. |
19 |
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day,
even to thee. |
20 | Have not I written to thee excellent
things in counsels and knowledge, |
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
| Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the
afflicted in the gate: |
23 | For the LORD will plead their cause, and
spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. |
24 |
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt
not go: |
25 |
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. |
26 | Be not thou one of them that strike hands,
or of them that are sureties for debts. |
27 | If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he
take away thy bed from under thee? |
28 |
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. |
29
| Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before mean men. |