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22:1  A good name is worth more than great wealth. Respect is worth more than silver and gold.
22:2  Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the maker of them all.
22:3  A sensible person sees trouble and hides, but the naïve keep going and pay the penalty.
22:4  The outcome of humility and of the fear of the Lord is wealth, honor, and life.
22:5  Thorns and traps are on the road followed by the crooked. Whoever guards his soul will stay far away from them.
22:6  Dedicate a child to the way he should go, and even when he becomes old, he will not turn away from it.
22:7  A rich person rules over poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender.
22:8  Whoever sows injustice reaps trouble, and the rod that inflicts his fury will be destroyed.
22:9  A generous person will be blessed, because he gives some of his food to the poor.
22:10  Drive away a scoffer, and conflict leaves. Quarrels and insults cease.
22:11  A person who loves a pure heart and whose lips are gracious will have a king as his friend.
22:12  The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge. He overturns the words of a treacherous person.
22:13  A lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be murdered in the streets!”
22:14  The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit. The man who is under the Lord’s wrath will fall there.
22:15  Foolishness is bound tightly to a child’s heart. A rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
22:16  Whoever oppresses the poor to become great, and whoever gives gifts to the rich— both are sure to suffer loss.
22:17  Open your ears and listen to the words of the wise, and set your heart on the knowledge that I offer,
22:18  for it is pleasant when you keep my words deep within you, and you have them ready on your lips.
22:19  Today I make my words known to you—yes, to you, so that your trust will be in the Lord.
22:20  Have I not written to you already with advice and knowledge,
22:21  in order to make accurate, true words known to you, so that you may reply with true words to those who sent you?
22:22  Do not rob a poor person because he is poor, and do not crush an oppressed person in court,
22:23  because the Lord will defend their cause, and he will rob those who rob them of their lives.
22:24  Do not be friends with a hothead. Do not go along with someone who has a hot temper.
22:25  If you do, you will learn his ways and set a trap for yourself.
22:26  Do not be among those who shake hands to guarantee debts.
22:27  If you do not have enough to repay, why should your bed be taken out from under you?
22:28  Do not move an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors made.
22:29  Do you see a person who is efficient in his work? He will serve kings. He will not serve nobodies.