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class="line2">The <span class="name">Lord</span> is the Maker of them all.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The prudent see danger and take refuge,</p><p class="line2">but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Humility is the fear of the <span class="name">Lord</span>;</p><p class="line2">its wages are riches and honor and life.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,</p><p class="line2">but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Start children off on the way they should go,</p><p class="line2">and even when they are old they will not turn from it.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The rich rule over the poor,</p><p class="line2">and the borrower is slave to the lender.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,</p><p class="line2">and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The generous will themselves be blessed,</p><p class="line2">for they share their food with the poor.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;</p><p class="line2">quarrels and insults are ended.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace</p><p class="line2">will have the king for a friend.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The eyes of the <span class="name">Lord</span> keep watch over knowledge,</p><p class="line2">but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!</p><p class="line2">I’ll be killed in the public square!”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;</p><p class="line2">a man who is under the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s wrath falls into it.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,</p><p class="line2">but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth</p><p class="line2">and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.</p></div> <p class="proverbsmajorsection">Thirty Sayings of the Wise</p><div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 1</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;</p><p class="line2">apply your heart to what I teach,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart</p><p class="line2">and have all of them ready on your lips.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So that your trust may be in the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">I teach you today, even you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I not written thirty sayings for you,</p><p class="line2">sayings of counsel and knowledge,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,</p><p class="line2">so that you bring back truthful reports</p><p class="line2">to those you serve?</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 2</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not exploit the poor because they are poor</p><p class="line2">and do not crush the needy in court,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for the <span class="name">Lord</span> will take up their case</p><p class="line2">and will exact life for life.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 3</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,</p><p class="line2">do not associate with one easily angered,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>or you may learn their ways</p><p class="line2">and get yourself ensnared.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 4</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge</p><p class="line2">or puts up security for debts;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>if you lack the means to pay,</p><p class="line2">your very bed will be snatched from under you.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 5</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not move an ancient boundary stone</p><p class="line2">set up by your ancestors.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 6</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do you 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