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Proverbs 22:1
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A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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Proverbs 22:2
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The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
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Proverbs 22:3
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A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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Proverbs 22:4
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The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life.
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Proverbs 22:5
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Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
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Proverbs 22:6
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Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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Proverbs 22:7
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The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Proverbs 22:8
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
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Proverbs 22:9
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Proverbs 22:10
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Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
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Proverbs 22:11
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He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
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Proverbs 22:12
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The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
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Proverbs 22:13
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
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Proverbs 22:14
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The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
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Proverbs 22:15
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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Proverbs 22:16
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He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
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Proverbs 22:17
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Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
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Proverbs 22:18
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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
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Proverbs 22:19
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That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Proverbs 22:20
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Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
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Proverbs 22:21
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To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
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Proverbs 22:22
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Proverbs 22:23
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For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
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Proverbs 22:24
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Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
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Proverbs 22:25
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Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
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Proverbs 22:26
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Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
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Proverbs 22:27
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If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Proverbs 22:28
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Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
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Proverbs 22:29
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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
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