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Proverbs 22 – King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:1 - A H8034➔ good name ➔H8034 is rather H6239➔ to be chosen H977 than ➔H6239➔ great H7227 riches, ➔H6239 and loving H2896 favour H2580 rather than silver H3701 and gold. H2091

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:2 - The rich H6223 and poor H7326 meet together: H6298 the LORD H3068 is the maker H6213 of them all. H3605

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:3 - A prudent H6175 man foreseeth H7200 the evil, H7451 and hideth himself: H5641 but the simple H6612 pass on, H5674 and are punished. H6064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:4 - By H6118 humility H6038 and the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 are riches, H6239 and honour, H3519 and life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:5 - Thorns H6791 and snares H6341 are in the way H1870 of the froward: H6141 he that doth keep H8104 his soul H5315 shall be far H7368 from them. H1992

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:6 - Train up H2596 a child H5288 in H5921 H6310 the way he should go: H1870 and H1571 when H3588 he is old, H2204 he will H5493➔ not H3808 depart ➔H5493 from it. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:7 - The rich H6223 ruleth H4910 over the poor, H7326 and H5650➔ the borrower H3867 is servant ➔H5650 to the lender. H376 H3867

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He that soweth H2232 iniquity H5766 shall reap H7114 vanity: H205 and the rod H7626 of his anger H5678 shall fail. H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:9 - He that hath H1931 a H5869➔ bountiful H2896 eye ➔H5869 shall be blessed; H1288 for H3588 he giveth H5414 of his bread H3899 to the poor. H1800

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:10 - Cast out H1644 the scorner, H3887 and H3318➔ contention H4066 shall go out; ➔H3318 yea, H7673➔ strife H1779 and reproach H7036 shall cease. ➔H7673

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:11 - He that loveth H157 pureness H2889 of heart, H3820 for the grace H2580 of his lips H8193 the king H4428 shall be his friend. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:12 - The eyes H5869 of the LORD H3068 preserve H5341 knowledge, H1847 and he overthroweth H5557 the words H1697 of the transgressor. H898

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:13 - The slothful H6102 man saith, H559 There is a lion H738 without, H2351 I shall be slain H7523 in H8432 the streets. H7339

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:14 - The mouth H6310 of strange women H2114 is a H7745➔ deep H6013 pit: ➔H7745 he that is abhorred H2194 of the LORD H3068 shall fall H5307 therein. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:15 - Foolishness H200 is bound H7194 in the heart H3820 of a child; H5288 but the rod H7626 of correction H4148 shall drive it far H7368 from him. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresseth H6231 the poor H1800 to increase H7235 his riches, and he that giveth H5414 to the rich, H6223 shall surely H389 come to want. H4270

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 - Bow down H5186 thine ear, H241 and hear H8085 the words H1697 of the wise, H2450 and H3820➔ apply H7896 thine heart ➔H3820 unto my knowledge. H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:18 - For H3588 it is a pleasant thing H5273 if H3588 thou keep them H8104 within thee; H990 they shall H3559➔ withal H3162 be fitted ➔H3559 in H5921 thy lips. H8193

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:19 - That H1961➔ thy trust H4009 may be ➔H1961 in the LORD, H3068 I have made known to thee H3045 this day, H3117 even H637 to thee. H859

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:20 - Have H3789➔ not H3808 I written ➔H3789 to thee excellent things H7991 in counsels H4156 and knowledge, H1847

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:21 - That I might make thee know H3045 the certainty H7189 of the words H561 of truth; H571 that thou mightest answer H7725 the words H561 of truth H571 to them that send unto thee? H7971

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Rob H1497 not H408 the poor, H1800 because H3588 he H1931 is poor: H1800 neither H408 oppress H1792 the afflicted H6041 in the gate: H8179

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:23 - For H3588 the LORD H3068 will plead H7378 their cause, H7379 and spoil H6906 the soul of H5315 those that spoiled them. H6906

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make H7462➔ no H408 friendship ➔H7462 with H854 an H1167➔ angry H639 man; ➔H1167 and with H854 a H376➔ furious H2534 man ➔H376 thou shalt H935➔ not H3808 go: ➔H935

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Lest H6435 thou learn H502 his ways, H734 and get H3947 a snare H4170 to thy soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26 - Be H1961➔ not H408 thou ➔H1961 one of them that strike H8628 hands, H3709 or of them that are sureties H6148 for debts. H4859

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:27 - If H518 thou hast nothing H369 to pay, H7999 why H4100 should he take away H3947 thy bed H4904 from under thee? H8478

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Remove H5253 not H408 the H1366➔ ancient H5769 landmark, ➔H1366 which H834 thy fathers H1 have set. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:29 - Seest thou H2372 a man H376 diligent H4106 in his business? H4399 he shall stand H3320 before H6440 kings; H4428 he shall H3320➔ not H1077 stand ➔H3320 before H6440 mean H2823 men.
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The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown.

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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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Proverbs Chapter 22 — Additional Translations:

New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Open New Arabic Version Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras