Proverbs 22

1  A `good' name is rather to be chosen than great riches, `And' loving favor rather than silver and gold.

2  The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

3  A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4  The reward of humility `and' the fear of Jehovah `Is' riches, and honor, and life.

5  Thorns `and' snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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

7  The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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

10  Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.


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