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Proverbs 22:6-16

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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.
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 becomes the lender's slave.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor.
9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
10 Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
11 He who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"
13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD’s wrath falls into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
16 He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
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