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  22:1 ¶
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold. |
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22:1 ¶
A [good] nameº
[is] rather to be chosenºº
than greatº
riches,ºº
[and] lovingº
favourº
rather than silverºº
and gold.ºº |
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22:2
The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all. |
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22:2
The richº
and poorºº
meet together:ºº
the LORDº
[is] the makerºº
of them all.º |
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22:3
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it. |
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22:3
A prudentº
[man] foreseethºº
the evil,º
and hidethºººº
himself:º
but the simpleº
pass on,ºº
and are punished.ºº |
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22:4
The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life. |
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22:4
Byº
humilityº
[and] the fearº
of the LORDº
[are] riches,º
and honour,º
and life.º |
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22:5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. |
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22:5
Thornsº
[and] snaresº
[are] in the wayº
of the froward:º
he that doth keepºº
his soulº
shall be farºº
fromº
them. |
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22:6
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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22:6
Train upºº
a childº
inº
the wayº
he should go:º
andº
whenº
he is old,ºº
he will notº
departºº
fromº
it. |
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22:7
The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender. |
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22:7
The richº
rulethºº
over the poor,ºº
and the borrowerºº
[is] servantº
to the lender.ººº |
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22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail. |
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22:8
He that sowethºº
iniquityº
shall reapºº
vanity:º
and the rodº
of his angerº
shall fail.ºº |
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22:9
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor. |
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22:9
Heº
that hath a bountifulº
eyeº
shall be blessed;ºº
forº
he givethºº
of his breadºº
to the poor.º |
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22:10
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease. |
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22:10
Cast outºº
the scorner,ºº
and contentionº
shall go out;ºº
yea, strifeº
and reproachº
shall cease.ºº |
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22:11
He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. |
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22:11
He that lovethºº
purenessººº
of heart,º
[for] the graceº
of his lipsº
the kingº
[shall be] his friend.º |
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22:12
The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. |
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22:12
The eyesº
of the LORDº
preserveºº
knowledge,º
and he overthrowethºº
the wordsº
of the transgressor.ºº |
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22:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets. |
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22:13
The slothfulº
[man] saith,ºº
[There is] a lionº
without,º
I shall be slainºº
inº
the streets.º |
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22:14
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein. |
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22:14
The mouthº
of strange womenºº
[is] a deepº
pit:º
he that is abhorredºº
of the LORDº
shall fallºº
therein.º |
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22:15
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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22:15
Foolishnessº
[is] boundºº
in the heartº
of a child;º
[but] the rodº
of correctionº
shall drive it farºº
fromº
him. |
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22:16
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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22:16
He that oppressethºº
the poorº
to increaseºº
his [riches, and] he that givethºº
to the rich,º
[shall] surelyº
[come] to want.º |
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22:17
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge. |
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22:17
Bow downºº
thine ear,º
and hearºº
the wordsº
of the wise,º
and applyºº
thine heartº
unto my knowledge.º |
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22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips. |
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22:18
Forº
[it is] a pleasantº
thingº
ifº
thou keepºº
them withinº
thee; they shall withalº
be fittedºº
inº
thy lips.º |
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22:19
That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee. |
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22:19
That thy trustº
may beº
in the LORD,º
I have made knownºº
to thee this day,º
evenº
to thee.º |
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22:20
Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, |
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22:20
Have notº
I writtenºº
to theeº
excellent thingsº
in counselsº
and knowledge,º |
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22:21
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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22:21
That I might make thee knowºº
the certaintyº
of the wordsº
of truth;º
that thou mightest answerºº
the wordsº
of truthº
to them that sendºº
unto thee? |
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22:22
Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: |
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22:22
Robºº
notº
the poor,º
becauseº
heº
[is] poor:º
neitherº
oppressºº
the afflictedº
in the gate:º |
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22:23
For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them. |
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22:23
Forº
the LORDº
will pleadºº
their cause,º
and spoilºº
the soulº
ofº
those that spoiledºº
them. |
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22:24
Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: |
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22:24
Make noº
friendshipºº
withº
an angryº
man;º
and withº
a furiousº
manº
thou shalt notº
go:ºº |
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22:25
Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul. |
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22:25
Lestº
thou learnºº
his ways,º
and getºº
a snareº
to thy soul.º |
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22:26
Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts. |
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22:26
Beº
notº
thou [one] of them that strikeºº
hands,º
[or] of them that are suretiesºº
for debts.º |
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22:27
If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee? |
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22:27
Ifº
thou hast nothingº
to pay,ºº
whyº
should he take awayºº
thy bedº
from underºº
thee? |
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22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set. |
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22:28
Removeºº
notº
the ancientº
landmark,º
whichº
thy fathersº
have set.ºº |
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22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men. |
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22:29
Seestºº
thou a manº
diligentº
in his business?º
he shall standºº
beforeº
kings;º
he shall notº
standºº
beforeº
meanº
[men]. |
