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Proverbs 22:4-14

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4 True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life.
4 Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
5 Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road; whoever values life will avoid it.
5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
6 Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
7 Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.
7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and their reign of terror will come to an end.
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
10 Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too. Quarrels and insults will disappear.
10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
11 Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as a friend.
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD preserves those with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion out there! If I go outside, I might be killed!”
13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap; those who make the LORD angry 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.
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