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Proverbs 22:1-20

22:1

A [good] name
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[is] rather to be chosen
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than great
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riches
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[and] loving
<02896>

favour
<02580>

rather than silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_.

{loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}

22:2

The rich
<06223>

and poor
<07326> (8802)

meet together
<06298> (8738)_:

the LORD
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[is] the maker
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of them all.

22:3

A prudent
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[man] foreseeth
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the evil
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and hideth
<05641> (8738) (8675) <05641> (8799)

himself: but the simple
<06612>

pass on
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and are punished
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22:4

By
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humility
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[and] the fear
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of the LORD
<03068>

[are] riches
<06239>_,

and honour
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and life
<02416>_.

{By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}

22:5

Thorns
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[and] snares
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[are] in the way
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of the froward
<06141>_:

he that doth keep
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>

shall be far
<07368> (8799)

from them.

22:6

Train up
<02596> (8798)

a child
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in the way
<01870>

he should go
<06310>_:

and when he is old
<02204> (8686)_,

he will not depart
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from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}

22:7

The rich
<06223>

ruleth
<04910> (8799)

over the poor
<07326> (8802)_,

and the borrower
<03867> (8801)

[is] servant
<05650>

to the lender
<0376> <03867> (8688)_.

{the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}

22:8

He that soweth
<02232> (8802)

iniquity
<05766>

shall reap
<07114> (8799)

vanity
<0205>_:

and the rod
<07626>

of his anger
<05678>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_.

{the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}

22:9

He that hath a bountiful
<02896>

eye
<05869>

shall be blessed
<01288> (8792)_;

for he giveth
<05414> (8804)

of his bread
<03899>

to the poor
<01800>_.

{He that...: Heb. Good of eye}

22:10

Cast out
<01644> (8763)

the scorner
<03887> (8801)_,

and contention
<04066>

shall go out
<03318> (8799)_;

yea, strife
<01779>

and reproach
<07036>

shall cease
<07673> (8799)_.

22:11

He that loveth
<0157> (8802)

pureness
<02890> (8675) <02889>

of heart
<03820>_,

[for] the grace
<02580>

of his lips
<08193>

the king
<04428>

[shall be] his friend
<07453>_.

{for...: or, and hath grace in his lips}

22:12

The eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

preserve
<05341> (8804)

knowledge
<01847>_,

and he overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the words
<01697>

of the transgressor
<0898> (8802)_.

{the words: or, the matters}

22:13

The slothful
<06102>

[man] saith
<0559> (8804)_,

[There is] a lion
<0738>

without
<02351>_,

I shall be slain
<07523> (8735)

in
<08432>

the streets
<07339>_.

22:14

The mouth
<06310>

of strange women
<02114> (8801)

[is] a deep
<06013>

pit
<07745>_:

he that is abhorred
<02194> (8803)

of the LORD
<03068>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

therein.

22:15

Foolishness
<0200>

[is] bound
<07194> (8803)

in the heart
<03820>

of a child
<05288>_;

[but] the rod
<07626>

of correction
<04148>

shall drive it far
<07368> (8686)

from him.

22:16

He that oppresseth
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>

to increase
<07235> (8687)

his [riches, and] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)

to the rich
<06223>_,

[shall] surely [come] to want
<04270>_.

22:17

Bow down
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>_,

and apply
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

unto my knowledge
<01847>_.

22:18

For [it is] a pleasant thing
<05273>

if thou keep
<08104> (8799)

them within
<0990>

thee; they shall withal
<03162>

be fitted
<03559> (8735)

in thy lips
<08193>_.

{within...: Heb. in thy belly}

22:19

That thy trust
<04009>

may be in the LORD
<03068>_,

I have made known
<03045> (8689)

to thee this day
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even to thee. {even...: or, trust thou also}

22:20

Have not I written
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to thee
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excellent things
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in counsels
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and knowledge
<01847>_,