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<p class="indent2">He who keeps his soul will be far from them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Train up a child <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>according to his way, <p class="indent2">Even when he is old he will not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>depart from it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The rich rules over the poor, <p class="indent2">And the borrower is the slave of the lender. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity, <p class="indent2">And the rod of his fury will end. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>is generous will be blessed, <p class="indent2">For he gives from his food to the poor. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out, <p class="indent2">Even contention and disgrace will cease. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He who loves purity of heart <p class="indent2"><i>And</i> grace on his lips, the king is his friend. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge, <p class="indent2">But He subverts the words of the treacherous one. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside; <p class="indent2">I will be killed in the streets!” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; <p class="indent2">He who is cursed of Yahweh will fall <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>into it. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; <p class="indent2">The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He who oppresses the poor to make <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>more for himself <p class="indent2">Or who gives to the rich <i>will</i> only <i>come to</i> lack. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><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">And set your heart on my knowledge; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>That they may be established on your lips. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So that your trust may be in Yahweh, <p class="indent2">I have made you know today, even you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Have I not written to you <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>excellent things <p class="indent2">Of counsels and knowledge, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>To make you know the veracity of the words of truth <p class="indent2">That you may <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>respond with the words of truth to him who sent you? <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Do not rob the poor because he is poor, <p class="indent2">And do not crush the afflicted at the gate; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>For Yahweh will plead their case <p class="indent2">And rob the soul of those who rob them. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Do not befriend a man of anger; <p class="indent2">And do not come along with a man of great wrath, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Lest you learn his ways <p class="indent2">And take <i>on</i> a snare against your soul. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Do not be among those who strike <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hands <i>in pledge</i>, <p class="indent2">Among those who become guarantors for debts. <p class="indent1"><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 he take your bed from under you? <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not move the ancient boundary <p class="indent2">Which your fathers made. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><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 stand before kings; <p class="indent2">He will not stand before obscure men.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>reverence</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>Dedicate</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or <i>in the way he should go</i>, <i>according to his own way</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>turn away</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>has a good eye</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>there</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>much</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>They together</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>thirty</i> sayings<br><span class="fnverse">21</span> Lit <i>return</i><br><span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>palms</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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