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Proverbs 22 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Yahweh Is the Maker of All

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A good name is to be chosen over great wealth,

Favor is better than silver and gold.

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The rich and the poor meet together in this

Yahweh is the Maker of them all.

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A prudent man sees evil and hides,

But the simple pass on, and are punished.

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The reward of humility—the [fn]fear of Yahweh

Is riches, glory, and life.

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Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;

He who keeps his soul will be far from them.

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[fn]Train up a child [fn]according to his way,

Even when he is old he will not [fn]depart from it.

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The rich rules over the poor,

And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,

And the rod of his fury will end.

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He who [fn]is generous will be blessed,

For he gives from his food to the poor.

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Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,

Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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He who loves purity of heart

And grace on his lips, the king is his friend.

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The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,

But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.

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The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;

I will be killed in the streets!”

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The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;

He who is cursed of Yahweh will fall [fn]into it.

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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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He who oppresses the poor to make [fn]more for himself

Or who gives to the rich will only come to lack.

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Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,

And set your heart on my knowledge;

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For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

[fn]That they may be established on your lips.

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So that your trust may be in Yahweh,

I have made you know today, even you.

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Have I not written to you [fn]excellent things

Of counsels and knowledge,

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To make you know the veracity of the words of truth

That you may [fn]respond with the words of truth to him who sent you?

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Do not rob the poor because he is poor,

And do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

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For Yahweh will plead their case

And rob the soul of those who rob them.

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Do not befriend a man of anger;

And do not come along with a man of great wrath,

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Lest you learn his ways

And take on a snare against your soul.

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Do not be among those who strike [fn]hands in pledge,

Among those who become guarantors for debts.

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If you have nothing with which to pay,

Why should he take your bed from under you?

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Do not move the ancient boundary

Which your fathers made.

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Do you see a man skilled in his work?

He will stand before kings;

He will not stand before obscure men.

LSB Footnotes
Or reverence
Lit Dedicate
Or in the way he should go, according to his own way
Lit turn away
Lit has a good eye
Lit there
Lit much
Lit They together
Lit thirty sayings
Lit return
Lit palms
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