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Proverbs 22:22-29 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 22 | Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate. | Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, | Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court, | |
| 23 | For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul. | for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. | for the LORD will take up their case and will exact life for life. | |
| 24 | Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man, | Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, | Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, | |
| 25 | lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul. | lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. | |
| 26 | Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts. | Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. | Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; | |
| 27 | For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed? | If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. | |
| 28 | Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set. | Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. | Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors. | |
| 29 | Have you seen a man swift in his work? He shall stand in the sight of kings, and not before those who are disreputable. | Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. | |
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