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Proverbs 22 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.
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A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
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Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
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Train up a child in the way he should go,
And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;
And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
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He that loveth pureness of heart,
For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
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The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;
But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
I shall be slain in the streets.
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The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
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Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
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Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
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For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,
If they be established together upon thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in Jehovah,
I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Have not I written unto thee excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
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To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,
That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
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Rob not the poor, because he is poor;
Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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For Jehovah will plead their cause,
And despoil of life those that despoil them.
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Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful 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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Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
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If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Remove not the ancient landmark,
Which thy fathers have set.
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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;
He shall not stand before mean men.
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Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif.
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