94 lines
2.6 KiB
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94 lines
2.6 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 22
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1. A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
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and favor is better than silver or gold.
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2. The rich and the poor meet together;
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the LORD is the Maker of them all.
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3. The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
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but the simple go on and suffer for it.
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4. The reward for humility and fear of the LORD
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is riches and honor and life.
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5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
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whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
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6. Train up a child in the way he should go;
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even 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 the slave of the lender.
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8. Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
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and the rod of his fury will fail.
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9. Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
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for he shares his bread with the poor.
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10. Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
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and quarreling and abuse will cease.
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11. He who loves purity of heart,
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and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
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12. The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge,
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but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
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13. The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!
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I shall be killed in the streets!"
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14. The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit;
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he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it.
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15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
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but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
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16. Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
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or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
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Words of the Wise
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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 will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
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if all of them are ready on your lips.
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19. That your trust may be in the LORD,
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I have made them known to you today, even to you.
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20. Have I not written for you thirty sayings
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of counsel and knowledge,
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21. to make you know what is right and true,
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that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
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22. Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
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or crush the afflicted at the gate,
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23. for the LORD will plead their cause
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and rob of life those who rob them.
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24. Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
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nor go with a wrathful man,
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25. lest you learn his ways
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and entangle yourself in a snare.
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26. Be not one of those who give pledges,
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who put up security for debts.
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27. If you have nothing with which to pay,
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why should your bed be taken from under you?
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28. Do not move the ancient landmark
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that your fathers have set.
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29. Do you see a man skillful in his work?
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He will stand before kings;
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he will not stand before obscure men.
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