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Proverbs

Chapter 22

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Proverbs 22:1

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

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Proverbs 22:2

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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Proverbs 22:3

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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Proverbs 22:4

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

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Proverbs 22:5

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Source notes · Proverbs 22:6

Notes from this edition, separate from the reading. Original source text is retained.

  • 6 in…: Heb. in his way
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Proverbs 22:7

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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Proverbs 22:8

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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Proverbs 22:9

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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Proverbs 22:10

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

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Proverbs 22:11

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

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Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

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Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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Proverbs 22:16

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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Proverbs 22:17

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

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Proverbs 22:18

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

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Proverbs 22:19

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

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Proverbs 22:20

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

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Proverbs 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?

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Proverbs 22:22

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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Proverbs 22:23

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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Proverbs 22:24

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Proverbs 22:25

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

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Proverbs 22:26

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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Proverbs 22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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Proverbs 22:28

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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Proverbs 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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