  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  22:1  A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] 
        loving favour rather than silver and gold.

  22:2  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of 
        them all.

  22:3  A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the 
        simple pass on, and are punished.

  22:4  By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, 
        and life.

  22:5  Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that 
        doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, 
        he will not depart from it.

  22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to 
        the lender.

  22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his 
        anger shall fail.

  22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth 
        of his bread to the poor.

  22:10  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, 
         strife and reproach shall cease.

  22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips 
         the king [shall be] his friend.

  22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth 
         the words of the transgressor.

  22:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall  
         be slain in the streets.

  22:14  The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is 
         abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

  22:15  Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod 
         of correction shall drive it far from him.

  22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he  
         that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

  22:17  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply 
         thine heart unto my knowledge.

  22:18  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; 
         they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

  22:19  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee 
         this day, even to thee.

  22:20  Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and 
         knowledge,

  22:21  That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; 
         that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send 
         unto thee?

  22:22  Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the 
         afflicted in the gate:

  22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of 
         those that spoiled them.

  22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man 
         thou shalt not go:

  22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

  22:26  Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that 
         are sureties for debts.

  22:27  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed 
         from under thee?

  22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

  22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand 
         before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

