Proverbs

Chapter 22

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¹A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.7 sermons²The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.3 sermons³A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.6 sermons⁴By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.3 sermons⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.3 sermons⁶Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.17 sermons⁷The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.6 sermons⁸He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.5 sermons⁹He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.5 sermons¹⁰Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.4 sermons¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.4 sermons¹²The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.4 sermons¹³The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.7 sermons¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.4 sermons¹⁵Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.15 sermons¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.3 sermons¹⁷Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.3 sermons¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.3 sermons¹⁹That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.3 sermons²⁰Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,3 sermons²¹That 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?3 sermons²²Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:3 sermons²³For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.3 sermons²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:3 sermons²⁵Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.3 sermons²⁶Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.5 sermons²⁷If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?4 sermons²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.4 sermons²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.5 sermons