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Proverbs
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A good name is more desirable than great wealth. Respect is better than silver or gold.
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Proverbs
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The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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Proverbs
22
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3
Sensible people foresee trouble and hide [from it], but gullible people go ahead and suffer [the consequence].
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Proverbs
22
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On the heels of humility (the fear of the LORD) are riches and honor and life.
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Proverbs
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5
A devious person has thorns and traps ahead of him. Whoever guards himself will stay far away from them.
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Proverbs
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Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not turn away from it.
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Proverbs
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A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
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Proverbs
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Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble, and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed.
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Proverbs
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Whoever is generous will be blessed because he has shared his food with the poor.
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Proverbs
22
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10
Drive out a mocker, and conflict will leave. Quarreling and abuse will stop.
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Proverbs
22
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11
Whoever loves a pure heart and whoever speaks graciously has a king as his friend.
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Proverbs
22
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12
The LORD's eyes watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of a treacherous person.
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Proverbs
22
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13
A lazy person says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be murdered in the streets!"
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Proverbs
22
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14
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.
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Proverbs
22
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15
Foolishness is firmly attached to a child's heart. Spanking will remove it far from him.
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Proverbs
22
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Oppressing the poor for profit [or] giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.
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Proverbs
22
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17
Open your ears, and hear the words of wise people, and set your mind on the knowledge I give you.
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Proverbs
22
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It is pleasant if you keep them in mind [so that] they will be on the tip of your tongue,
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Proverbs
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so that your trust may be in the LORD. Today I have made them known to you, especially to you.
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Proverbs
22
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20
Didn't I write to you previously with advice and knowledge
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Proverbs
22
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21
in order to teach you the words of truth so that you can give an accurate report to those who send you?
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Proverbs
22
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22
Do not rob the poor because they are poor or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,
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Proverbs
22
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because the LORD will plead their case and will take the lives of those who rob them.
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Proverbs
22
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24
Do not be a friend of one who has a bad temper, and never keep company with a hothead,
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Proverbs
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or you will learn his ways and set a trap for yourself.
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Proverbs
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Do not be [found] among those who make deals with a handshake, among those who guarantee other people's loans.
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Proverbs
22
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27
If you have no money to pay back a loan, why should your bed be repossessed?
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Proverbs
22
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28
Do not move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors set in place.
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Proverbs
22
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29
Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve unknown people.