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Proverbs 22
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Chapter 22
III.
A COLLECTION OF THE SAGES
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A good name is more desirable than great wealth, the respect of others is better than silver or gold.
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Rich and poor are found together, Yahweh has made them all.
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The discreet man sees danger and takes shelter, the ignorant go forward and pay for it.
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The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh, riches, honour and life.
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Thorns and snares line the path of the wilful, he who values his life will keep his distance.
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Instruct a child in the way he should go, and when he grows old he will not leave it.
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The rich man lords it over the poor, the borrower is the lender’s slave.
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He who sows injustice reaps disaster, and the rod of his anger falls on himself.
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A blessing awaits the man who is kindly, since he shares his bread with the poor.
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Expel the mocker and strife goes too, dispute and abuse die down.
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Yahweh loves the pure in heart, friend to the king is the man of gracious speech.
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The eyes of Yahweh see knowledge safe preserved, but he confounds the words of liars.
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‘There is a lion outside,’ says the idler ‘I shall be killed in the street!’
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The mouth of alien women is a deep pit, into it falls the man whom Yahweh detests.
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Innate in the heart of a child is folly, judicious beating will rid him of it.
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Oppress the poor and you enrich him, give to the rich and you make him poor.
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Sayings of the sages. Give ear to my words and apply your heart to knowing them;
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for it will be a delight to keep them deep within you to have them all ready on your lips.
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So that your trust may be in Yahweh, today I propose to make your way known to you.
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Have I not written for you thirty chapters[*a] of advice and knowledge,
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for you to be able to expound the truth and with sound words to answer those who question you?
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Because a man is poor, do not therefore cheat him, nor, at the city gate,[*b] oppress anybody in affliction;
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for Yahweh takes up their cause, and extorts the life of their extortioners.
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Make friends with no man who gives way to anger, make no hasty-tempered man a companion of yours,
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for fear you learn from his behaviour and in this risk the loss of your own life.
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Do not be one of those who go guarantor, who go surety for debts:
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if you have no means of paying you will find your bed taken from under you.
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Do not displace the ancient landmark, set by your ancestors.
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You see some man sharp at business? He will come to serve kings. Not for him the service of obscure people.
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