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1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.
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1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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2 The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.
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2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
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3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
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3 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.
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4 Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
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5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
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7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
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8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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9 Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
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9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
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11 He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
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11 He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
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12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
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12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
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13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
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13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"
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14 The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
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16 Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
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17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
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17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
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18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
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19 That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
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19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
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20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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21 to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
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21 teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?
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22 Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate,
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22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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23 for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them.
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23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
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24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,
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24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
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25 lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
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25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
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26 Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts.
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26 Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
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27 If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
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27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
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28 Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set.
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28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.
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29 Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
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