62 lines
2.5 KiB
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62 lines
2.5 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 22
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1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
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Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common,
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The Lord is the maker of them all.
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3 A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
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But the simple pass on and are punished.
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4 By humility and the fear of the Lord
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Are riches and honor and life.
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
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He who guards his soul will be far from them.
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go,
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And when he is old he will not depart from it.
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7 The rich rules over the poor,
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And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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8 He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,
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And the rod of his anger will fail.
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9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
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For he gives of his bread to the poor.
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10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
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Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
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11 He who loves purity of heart
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And has grace on his lips,
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The king will be his friend.
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12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
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But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
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13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
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I shall be slain in the streets!”
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14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
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He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
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The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
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And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
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17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
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And apply your heart to my knowledge;
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18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
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Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
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19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;
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I have instructed you today, even you.
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20 Have I not written to you excellent things
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Of counsels and knowledge,
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21 That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
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That you may answer words of truth
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To those who send to you?
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22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
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Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
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23 For the Lord will plead their cause,
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And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
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24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
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And with a furious man do not go,
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25 Lest you learn his ways
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And set a snare for your soul.
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26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
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One of those who is surety for debts;
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27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
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Why should he take away your bed from under you?
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28 Do not remove the ancient landmark
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Which your fathers have set.
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29 Do you see a man who excels in his work?
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He will stand before kings;
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He will not stand before unknown men. |