PR-22:1  A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great

riches, [and]

loving favour rather than silver and gold.

PR-22:2  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the

maker of them all.

PR-22:3  A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:

but the

simple pass on, and are punished.

PR-22:4  By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches,

and honour, and

life.

PR-22:5  Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he

that doth

keep his soul shall be far from them.

PR-22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he

is old, he will

not depart from it.

PR-22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is]

servant to the

lender.

PR-22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod

of his anger

shall fail.

PR-22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he

giveth of his

bread to the poor.

PR-22:10  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea,

 strife and

reproach shall cease.

PR-22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of

his lips the

king [shall be] his friend.

PR-22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he

overthroweth the

words of the transgressor.

PR-22:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I

shall be

slain in the streets.

PR-22:14  The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is

abhorred of

the LORD shall fall therein.

PR-22:15  Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but]

the rod of

correction shall drive it far from him.

PR-22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches,

and] he that

giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

PR-22:17  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,

and apply thine

heart unto my knowledge.

PR-22:18  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within

thee; they

shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

PR-22:19  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known

to thee this

day, even to thee.

PR-22:20  Have not I written to thee excellent things in

counsels and

knowledge,

PR-22:21  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?

PR-22:22  Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither

oppress the

afflicted in the gate:

PR-22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the

soul of those

that spoiled them.

PR-22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a

furious man thou

shalt not go:

PR-22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

PR-22:26  Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of

them that are

sureties for debts.

PR-22:27  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away

thy bed from

under thee?

PR-22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers

have set.

PR-22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall

stand before

kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

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