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Proverbs 22:1-9

1 A good reputation is better than much wealth; high esteem is better than silver and gold.

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

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 Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.

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

4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.

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

5 Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked; those who guard their lives keep their distance.

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

6 Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won't depart from it.

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

7 The wealthy rule over the poor; a borrower is a slave to a lender.

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

8 Those who sow injustice will harvest evil; the rod of their fury will come to an end.

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

9 Happy are generous people, because they give some of their food to the poor.

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