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Proverbs 22:1
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A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.
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Proverbs 22:2
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Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah.
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Proverbs 22:3
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The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
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Proverbs 22:4
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The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.
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Proverbs 22:5
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Thorns -- snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
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Proverbs 22:6
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Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
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Proverbs 22:7
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The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
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Proverbs 22:8
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Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
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Proverbs 22:9
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The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
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Proverbs 22:10
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Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
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Proverbs 22:11
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Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.
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Proverbs 22:12
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The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
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Proverbs 22:13
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The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
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Proverbs 22:14
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A deep pit [is] the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
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Proverbs 22:15
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.
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Proverbs 22:16
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He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.
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Proverbs 22:17
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Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,
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Proverbs 22:18
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For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.
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Proverbs 22:19
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That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.
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Proverbs 22:20
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Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?
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Proverbs 22:21
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To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.
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Proverbs 22:22
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Rob not the poor because he [is] poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.
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Proverbs 22:23
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For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.
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Proverbs 22:24
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Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,
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Proverbs 22:25
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Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.
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Proverbs 22:26
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Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties [for] burdens.
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Proverbs 22:27
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If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?
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Proverbs 22:28
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Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.
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Proverbs 22:29
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Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!
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