Proverbs 22 : 1 (NET)
A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold.
Proverbs 22 : 2 (NET)
The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the creator of them both.
Proverbs 22 : 3 (NET)
A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
Proverbs 22 : 4 (NET)
The reward for humility and fearing the LORD is riches and honor and life.
Proverbs 22 : 5 (NET)
Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them.
Proverbs 22 : 6 (NET)
Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22 : 7 (NET)
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Proverbs 22 : 8 (NET)
The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
Proverbs 22 : 9 (NET)
A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor.
Proverbs 22 : 10 (NET)
Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
Proverbs 22 : 11 (NET)
The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious� the king will be his friend.
Proverbs 22 : 12 (NET)
The eyes of the LORD guard knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless person.
Proverbs 22 : 13 (NET)
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"
Proverbs 22 : 14 (NET)
The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
Proverbs 22 : 15 (NET)
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 22 : 16 (NET)
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich� both end up only in poverty.
Proverbs 22 : 17 (NET)
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction.
Proverbs 22 : 18 (NET)
For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
Proverbs 22 : 19 (NET)
So that your confidence may be in the LORD, I am making them known to you today� even you.
Proverbs 22 : 20 (NET)
Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
Proverbs 22 : 21 (NET)
to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you?
Proverbs 22 : 22 (NET)
Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court,
Proverbs 22 : 23 (NET)
for the LORD will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.
Proverbs 22 : 24 (NET)
Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person,
Proverbs 22 : 25 (NET)
lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Proverbs 22 : 26 (NET)
Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts.
Proverbs 22 : 27 (NET)
If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you!
Proverbs 22 : 28 (NET)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors.
Proverbs 22 : 29 (NET)
Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.
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