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Proverbs 22:12-22
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12
The
eyes
of the
LORD
preserve
knowledge
, But He
overthrows
the
words
of the
treacherous
man.
13
The
1
sluggard
says
, "There is a
lion
outside
; I will be
killed
in the
streets
!"
14
The
mouth
of
2
an
adulteress
is a
deep
pit
; He who is
3
cursed
of the
LORD
will
fall
into it.
15
Foolishness
is
bound
up in the
heart
of a
child
; The
4
rod
of
discipline
will
remove
it
far
from him.
16
He
5
who
oppresses
the
poor
to
make
more
for himself Or who
gives
to the
rich
,
6
will
only
come to
poverty
.
17
7
Incline
your
ear
and
hear
the
words
of the
wise
, And
apply
your
mind
to my
knowledge
;
18
For it will be
8
pleasant
if
you
keep
them
within
you, That they may be
ready
on your
lips
.
19
So that your
9
trust
may be in the
LORD
, I have
taught
you
today
,
even
you.
20
Have I not
written
to you
10
excellent
things
Of
counsels
and
knowledge
,
21
To make you
11
know
the
certainty
of the
words
of
truth
That you may
12
correctly
answer
him who
sent
you?
22
13
Do not
rob
the
poor
because
he is
poor
, Or
14
crush
the
afflicted
at the
gate
;
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14
1.
Proverbs 26:13
2.
Proverbs 2:16
;
Proverbs 5:3
;
Proverbs 7:5
;
Proverbs 23:27
3.
Ecclesiastes 7:26
4.
Proverbs 13:24
;
Proverbs 23:14
5.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
;
James 2:13
6.
Proverbs 28:22
7.
Proverbs 5:1
8.
Proverbs 2:10
9.
Proverbs 3:5
10.
Proverbs 8:6
11.
Luke 1:3, 4
12.
Proverbs 25:13
;
1 Peter 3:15
13.
Exodus 23:6
;
Job 31:16
;
Proverbs 22:16
14.
Zechariah 7:10
;
Malachi 3:5
Footnotes
8
[a].
Lit "strange woman"
[b].
Lit "there"
[c].
Lit "much"
[d].
Lit "They together"
[e].
Lit "made you know"
[f].
Or "previous"
[g].
Lit "truth"
[h].
Lit "return to words of truth"
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