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Proverbs 22 (AMP)

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¹ A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. ² The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. ³ A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished . ⁴ The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. ⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them. ⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go , and when he is old he will not depart from it. ⁷ The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. ⁸ He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath will fail. ⁹ He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. ¹⁰ Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease. ¹¹ He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech--because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend. ¹² The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous. ¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets! ¹⁴ The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit ; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it. ¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. ¹⁶ He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich--both will surely come to want. ¹⁷ Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; ¹⁸ For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind ; your lips will be accustomed to them. ¹⁹ So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you. ²⁰ Have I not written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ²¹ To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? ²² Rob not the poor , neither oppress the afflicted at the gate , ²³ For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive . ²⁴ Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate, ²⁵ Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare. ²⁶ Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts. ²⁷ If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? ²⁸ Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up. ²⁹ Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.