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Proverbs 22 :: King James Version (KJV)

Pro 22:1

Pro 22:1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Pro 22:2

Pro 22:2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

Pro 22:3

Pro 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Pro 22:4

Pro 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

Pro 22:5

Pro 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Pro 22:6

Pro 22:6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Pro 22:7

Pro 22:7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Pro 22:8

Pro 22:8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Pro 22:9

Pro 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Pro 22:10

Pro 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Pro 22:11

Pro 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Pro 22:12

Pro 22:12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Pro 22:13

Pro 22:13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Pro 22:14

Pro 22:14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Pro 22:15

Pro 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Pro 22:16

Pro 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Pro 22:17

Pro 22:17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Pro 22:18

Pro 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Pro 22:19

Pro 22:19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Pro 22:20

Pro 22:20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Pro 22:21

Pro 22:21That 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?

Pro 22:22

Pro 22:22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Pro 22:23

Pro 22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Pro 22:24

Pro 22:24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Pro 22:25

Pro 22:25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Pro 22:26

Pro 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

Pro 22:27

Pro 22:27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Pro 22:28

Pro 22:28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Pro 22:29

Pro 22:29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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