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Proverbs 22:1
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A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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Proverbs 22:2
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The rich and 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 are punished.
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Proverbs 22:4
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The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, 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 holdeth himself far from them.
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Proverbs 22:6
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Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and 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 unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
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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 scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
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Proverbs 22:11
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He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
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Proverbs 22:12
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The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
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Proverbs 22:13
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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Proverbs 22:14
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The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
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Proverbs 22:15
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Folly is bound in the heart of a child; 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, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] 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: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
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Proverbs 22:19
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That thy confidence 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 to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
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Proverbs 22:21
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that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest 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 the soul of those that despoil them.
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Proverbs 22:24
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Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
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Proverbs 22:25
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lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
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Proverbs 22:26
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Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
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Proverbs 22:27
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if thou hast nothing 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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Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
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