chapter_Proverbs_22
Proverbs 22:1: A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold &#8212; good grace. Proverbs 22:2: Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah. Proverbs 22:3: The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished. Proverbs 22:4: The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life. Proverbs 22:5: Thorns &#8212; snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. Proverbs 22:6: Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. Proverbs 22:7: The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender. Proverbs 22:8: Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. Proverbs 22:9: The good of eye &#8212; he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor. Proverbs 22:10: Cast out a scorner &#8212; and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease. Proverbs 22:11: Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend. Proverbs 22:12: The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous. Proverbs 22:13: The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.' Proverbs 22:14: A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there. Proverbs 22:15: Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him. Proverbs 22:16: He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich &#8212; only to want. Proverbs 22:17: Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, Proverbs 22:18: For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. Proverbs 22:19: That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou. Proverbs 22:20: Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge? Proverbs 22:21: To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee. Proverbs 22:22: Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. Proverbs 22:23: For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers. Proverbs 22:24: Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, Proverbs 22:25: Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul. Proverbs 22:26: Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens. Proverbs 22:27: If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee? Proverbs 22:28: Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made. Proverbs 22:29: Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
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