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Proverbs 22

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1A good name is to be more desired than great wealth; Favor is better than silver and gold. ✦ 2The rich and the poor have a common bond, The Lord is the Maker of them all. ✦ 3A prudent person sees evil and hides himself, But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty. ✦ 4The reward of humility and the fear of the Lord Are riches, honor, and life. ✦ 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; One who guards himself will be far from them. ✦ 6Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he grows older he will not abandon it. ✦ 7The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave. ✦ 8One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish. ✦ 9One who is generous will be blessed, Because he gives some of his food to the poor. ✦ 10Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave, Even quarreling and dishonor will cease. ✦ 11One who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend. ✦ 12The eyes of the Lord protect knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous person. ✦ 13The lazy one says, “There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!” ✦ 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it. ✦ 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. ✦ 16One who oppresses the poor to make more for himself, Or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. ✦ 17¶Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; ✦ 18For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, So that they may be ready on your lips. ✦ 19So that your trust may be in the Lord, I have taught you today, you indeed. ✦ 20Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, ✦ 21To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, So that you may correctly answer him who sent you? ✦ 22¶Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor crush the needy at the gate; ✦ 23For the Lord will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them. ✦ 24¶Do not make friends with a person given to anger, Or go with a hot-tempered person, ✦ 25Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself. ✦ 26¶Do not be among those who shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts. ✦ 27If you have nothing with which to repay, Why should he take your bed from under you? ✦ 28¶Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set. ✦ 29¶Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure people. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

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