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Proverbs 22 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favour is above silver and gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:3 - An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:4 - The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. (LXX 22:8a) [fn]God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:9 - He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. (LXX 22:9a) He that gives liberally secures victory and honour; but he takes away the life of them that possess them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises wise words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 - Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:19 - That thy hope may be in the Lord, and he may make thy way known to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 - And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:21 - I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; that thou mayest answer words of truth to them that [fn]question thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26 - Become not surety from respect of a man's person.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed that is under thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Remove not the old [fn]landmarks, which thy fathers placed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - It is fit that an observant man and one diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.
BES Footnotes
See 2 Cor. 9:7. Compare Heb.
See 1 Pet. 3:15.
Gr. eternal.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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