^[1]  Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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^[2]  The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

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^[3]  A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

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^[4]  The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

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^[5]  Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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^[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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^[7]  The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

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^[8]  He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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^[9]  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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^[10]  Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.

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^[11]  He that loveth pureness of heart, Forthe grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

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^[12]  The eyes of Jehovah preservehim that hathknowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.

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^[13]  The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

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^[14]  The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.

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^[15]  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; Butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

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^[16]  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

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^[17]  Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

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^[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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^[19]  That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have madethemknown to thee this day, even to thee.

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^[20]  Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

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^[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]  Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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^[23]  For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

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^[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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^[25]  Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy soul.

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^[26]  Be thou not one of them that strike hands, Orof them that are sureties for debts.

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^[27]  If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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^[28]  Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.

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^[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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