[1]  A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

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

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[3]  A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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[4]  By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.

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[5]  Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.

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[6]  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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[7]  The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

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[8]  He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

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[9]  He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.

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[10]  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

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[11]  He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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[12]  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.

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[13]  The slothful man says, 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 the LORD shall fall therein.

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

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[16]  He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.

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[17]  Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.

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[18]  For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips.

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[19]  That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.

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[20]  Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

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[21]  That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you?

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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 the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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[24]  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:

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[25]  Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.

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[26]  Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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[27]  If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?

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[28]  Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.

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[29]  See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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