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Proverbs 22
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| 22:1
A good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches, and loving favour
rather than silver and gold. |
A good name is better than riches.
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| 22:2
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. |
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| 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass
on, and are punished. |
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| 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are
riches, and honour, and life. |
Those who are humble and fear God will live long and prosper.
Should we fear God?
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| 22:5
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his
soul shall be far from them. |
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| 22:6
Train up a child in the
way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. |
"Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
(But what if she doesn't want to do it your way? Should she be forced?)
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| 22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. |
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| 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall
fail. |
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| 22:9
He that hath a
bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. |
"He that hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor."
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| 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease. |
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| 22:11
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall
be his friend. |
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| 22:12
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of
the transgressor. |
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| 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the
streets. |
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| 22:14
The mouth of strange
women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. |
"Strange women" have "deep
pits" for mouths into which fall those whom God hates.
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| 22:15
Foolishness is bound
in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from
him. |
Beating your children will make them less
foolish. Have you beaten your child today?
What the Bible says about parenting and
torture
The Bible's guide
to torture
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| 22:16
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to
the rich, shall surely come to want.
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| 22:17
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart
unto my knowledge. |
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| 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall
withal be fitted in thy lips. |
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| 22:19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day,
even to thee. |
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| 22:20
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, |
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| 22:21
That 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? |
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| 22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: |
Don't rob the poor or oppress the afflicted.
Is it okay to own slaves?
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| 22:23
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that
spoiled them. |
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| 22:24
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt
not go: |
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Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. |
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| 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties
for debts. |
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| 22:27
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under
thee? |
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| 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. |
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| 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he
shall not stand before mean men.
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