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<p class="indent2"> favor is better than silver and gold. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The rich and the poor have this in common: <p class="indent2"> The LORD is Maker of them all. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The prudent see danger and take cover, <p class="indent2"> but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD <p class="indent2"> are wealth and honor and life. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; <p class="indent2"> he who guards his soul stays far from them. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Train up a child in the way he should go, <p class="indent2"> and when he is old he will not depart from it. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The rich rule over the poor, <p class="indent2"> and the borrower is slave to the lender. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He who sows injustice will reap disaster, <p class="indent2"> and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A generous man<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> will be blessed, <p class="indent2"> for he shares his bread with the poor. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; <p class="indent2"> even quarreling and insults will cease. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips <p class="indent2"> will have the king for a friend. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, <p class="indent2"> but He frustrates the words of the faithless. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! <p class="indent2"> I will be slain in the streets!” <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; <p class="indent2"> he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, <p class="indent2"> but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich <p class="indent2"> will surely lead to poverty. <A name="18"></a><p class="hdg">Thirty Sayings of the Wise<p class="subhdg">Saying 1<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—<p class="indent2"> apply your mind to my knowledge— <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>for it is pleasing when you keep them within you <p class="indent2"> and they are constantly on your lips. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So that your trust may be in the LORD, <p class="indent2"> I instruct you today—yes, you. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I not written for you thirty sayings<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <p class="indent2"> about counsel and knowledge, <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>to show you true and reliable words, <p class="indent2"> that you may soundly answer those who sent you? <A name="23"></a><p class="subhdg">Saying 2<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, <p class="indent2"> and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, <A name="24"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>for the LORD will take up their case <p class="indent2"> and will plunder those who rob them. <A name="25"></a><p class="subhdg">Saying 3<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Do not make friends with an angry man, <p class="indent2"> and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, <A name="26"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>or you may learn his ways <p class="indent2"> and entangle yourself in a snare. <A name="27"></a><p class="subhdg">Saying 4<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do not be one who gives pledges, <p class="indent2"> who puts up security for debts. <A name="28"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>If you have nothing with which to pay, <p class="indent2"> why should your bed be taken from under you? <A name="29"></a><p class="subhdg">Saying 5<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not move an ancient boundary stone <p class="indent2"> which your fathers have placed. <p class="subhdg">Saying 6<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do you see a man skilled in his work? <p class="indent2"> He will be stationed in the presence of kings; 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