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Proverbs 22 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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CHAPTER 22
The Value of a Good Name
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1 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
​​Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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2 ​​The rich and the poor have this in common,
​​The LORD is the maker of them all.
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3 ​​A prudent man foresees evil and hides 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 honor and life.
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5 ​​Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
​​He who guards his soul will 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 rules over the poor,
​​And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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8 ​​He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,
​​And the rod of his anger will fail.
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9 ​​He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
​​For he gives of his bread to the poor.
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10 ​​Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
​​Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
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11 ​​He who loves purity of heart
​​And has grace on his lips,
​​The king will be his friend.
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12 ​​The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
​​But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
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13 ​​The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
​​I shall be slain in the streets!”
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14 ​​The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
​​He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.
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15 ​​Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
​​The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
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16 ​​He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
​​And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Sayings of the Wise
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17 ​​Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
​​And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 ​​For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
​​Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19 ​​So that your trust may be in the LORD;
​​I have instructed you today, even you.
20 ​​Have I not written to you excellent things
​​Of counsels and knowledge,
21 ​​That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
​​That you may answer words of truth
​​To those who send to you?
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22 ​​Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
​​Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 ​​For the LORD will plead their cause,
​​And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
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24 ​​Make no friendship with an angry man,
​​And with a furious man do not go,
25 ​​Lest you learn his ways
​​And set a snare for your soul.
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26 ​​Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge,
​​One of those who is surety for debts;
27 ​​If you have nothing with which to pay,
​​Why should he take away your bed from under you?
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28 ​​Do not remove the ancient landmark
​​Which your fathers have set.
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29 ​​Do you see a man who excels in his work?
​​He will stand before kings;
​​He will not stand before unknown men.
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