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"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.”
“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].” (Proverbs 22:1-29 AV)
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