1: A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and
loving favour rather than silver and gold. |
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2: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them
all. |
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3:
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the
simple pass on, and are punished. |
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4: By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour,
and life. |
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5: Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth
keep his soul shall be far from them. |
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6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old,
he will not depart from it. |
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7: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to
the lender. |
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8: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his
anger shall fail. |
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9: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth
of his bread to the poor. |
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10: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea,
strife and reproach shall cease. |
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11: He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend. |
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12: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth
the words of the transgressor. |
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13: The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be
slain in the streets. |
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14: The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred
of the LORD shall fall therein. |
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15: Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him. |
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16: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he
that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. |
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17: Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply
thine heart unto my knowledge. |
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18: For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;
they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. |
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19: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee
this day, even to thee. |
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20: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and
knowledge, |
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21: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of
truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send
unto thee? |
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22: Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the
afflicted in the gate: |
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23: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of
those that spoiled them. |
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24: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man
thou shalt not go: |
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25: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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26: Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that
are sureties for debts. |
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27: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed
from under thee? |
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28: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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29: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand
before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. |