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Proverbs 22:10-16

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.