Proverbs 22:1-11

1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving 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 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 * .
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod 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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