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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11He who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!" |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21To make you know the certainty of the words of truth That you may correctly answer him who sent you? |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or crush the afflicted at the gate; |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you? |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set. |
29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men. |
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