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Proverbs 22
- Proverbs 22:1KJV.20.022.001
A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
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Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 22:6KJV.20.022.006
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 22:7KJV.20.022.007
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 22:11KJV.20.022.011
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 22:14KJV.20.022.014
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Research this verse → - Proverbs 22:15KJV.20.022.015
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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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?
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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