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Proverbs 22:1-9

1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or 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 meet together; the LORD is the maker of them all.

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

3 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.

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

4 The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life.

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

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.

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

6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not 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 rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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

8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.

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

9 Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

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

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