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Proverbs 22:2-12

2 The rich and the poor have this in common: the Lord made them both.

2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

3 Sensible people will see trouble coming and avoid it, but an unthinking person will walk right into it and regret it later.

3 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

4 Obey the Lord, be humble, and you will get riches, honor, and a long life.

4 Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.

5 If you love your life, stay away from the traps that catch the wicked along the way.

5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.

6 Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life.

6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

7 Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.

7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8 If you plant the seeds of injustice, disaster will spring up, and your oppression of others will end.

8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

9 Be generous and share your food with the poor. You will be blessed for it.

9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

10 Get rid of a conceited person, and then there will be no more arguments, quarreling, or name-calling.

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

11 If you love purity of heart and graciousness of speech, the king will be your friend.

11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

12 The Lord sees to it that truth is kept safe by disproving the words of liars.

12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.