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Proverbs 22:1-11
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1
A good
name
is rather to be
chosen
than
great
riches,
and
loving
[a]
favour
rather than
silver
and
gold.
2
The
rich
and
poor
meet
together
: the
LORD
is the
maker
of them all.
3
A
prudent
man
foreseeth
the
evil,
and
hideth
himself: but the
simple
pass
on
, and are
punished
.
4
By
[b]
humility
and the
fear
of the
LORD
are
riches,
and
honour,
and
life.
5
Thorns
and
snares
are in the
way
of the
froward:
he that doth
keep
his
soul
shall be
far
from them.
6
Train
up
a
child
in the
way
he should
go:
and when he is
old
, he will not
depart
from it.
7
The
rich
ruleth
over the
poor
, and the
borrower
is
servant
to the
lender
*
.
[c]
8
He that
soweth
iniquity
shall
reap
vanity:
and the
rod
[d]
of his
anger
shall
fail
.
9
He that hath a
bountiful
eye
shall be
blessed
; for he
giveth
of his
bread
to the
poor.
10
Cast
out
the
scorner
, and
contention
shall go
out
; yea,
strife
and
reproach
shall
cease
.
11
He that
loveth
pureness
*
of
heart,
for the
grace
of his
lips
the
king
shall be his
friend.
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[a].
loving...: or, favour is better than, etc
[b].
By...: or, The reward of humility, etc
[c].
the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth
[d].
the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed
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