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{Proverbs 22:1} A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:2} The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:3} A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:4} By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:5} Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:6} Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:7} The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:8} He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:9} He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:10} Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:11} He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:12} The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:13} The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:14} The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:15} Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:16} He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:17} Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:18} For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:19} That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:20} Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:21} That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:22} Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:23} For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:24} Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:25} Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:26} Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:27} If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:28} Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. ⠀⠀⠀⠀

{Proverbs 22:29} Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men.]

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