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  22:1 ¶
A fair name is better than much wealth, and good favour is above silver and gold. |
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22:1 ¶
A [good] name°
[is] rather to be chosen°°
than great°
riches,°°
[and] loving°
favour°
rather than silver°°
and gold.°° |
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22:2
The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both. |
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22:2
The rich°
and poor°°
meet together:°°
Yahweh°
[is] the maker°°
of them all.° |
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22:3
An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, but fools pass by and are punished. |
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22:3
A prudent°
[man] foreseeth°°
the evil,°
and hideth°°°°
himself:°
but the simple°
pass on,°°
and are punished.°° |
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22:4
The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life. |
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22:4
By°
humility°
[and] the fear°
of Yahweh°
[are] riches,°
and honour,°
and life.° |
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22:5
Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them. |
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22:5
Thorns°
[and] snares°
[are] in the way°
of the froward:°
he that doth keep°°
his soul°
shall be far°°
from°
them. |
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22:6
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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22:6
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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22:7
The rich will rule over the poor, and servants will lend to their own masters. |
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22:7
The rich°
ruleth°°
over the poor,°°
and the borrower°°
[is] servant°
to the lender.°°° |
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22:8
He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but [a man] shall fully prove the folly of his works. |
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22:8
He that soweth°°
iniquity°
shall reap°°
vanity:°
and the rod°
of his anger°
shall fail.°° |
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22:9
He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses [them]. |
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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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22:10
Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all. |
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22:10
Cast out°°
the scorner,°°
and contention°
shall go out;°°
yea, strife°
and reproach°
shall cease.°° |
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22:11
The Lord loves holy hearts, and all blameless persons are acceptable with him: a king rules with his lips. |
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22:11
He that loveth°°
pureness°°°
of heart,°
[for] the grace°
of his lips°
the king°
[shall be] his friend.° |
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22:12
But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises [wise] words. |
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22:12
The eyes°
of Yahweh°
preserve°°
knowledge,°
and he overthroweth°°
the words°
of the transgressor.°° |
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22:13
The sluggard makes excuses, and says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets. |
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22:13
The slothful°
[man] saith,°°
[There is] a lion°
without,°
I shall be slain°°
in°
the streets.° |
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22:14
The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way. |
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22:14
The mouth°
of strange women°°
[is] a deep°
pit:°
he that is abhorred°°
of Yahweh°
shall fall°°
therein.° |
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22:15
Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are [then] far from him. |
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22:15
Foolishness°
[is] bound°°
in the heart°
of a child;°
[but] the rod°
of correction°
shall drive it far°°
from°
him. |
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22:16
He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less. |
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22:16
He that oppresseth°°
the poor°
to increase°°
his [riches, and] he that giveth°°
to the rich,°
[shall] surely°
[come] to want.° |
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22:17
Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart, |
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22:17
Bow down°°
thine ear,°
and hear°°
the words°
of the wise,°
and apply°°
thine heart°
unto my knowledge.° |
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22:18
that thou mayest know that they are good: and if thou lay them to heart, they shall also gladden thee on thy lips. |
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22:18
For°
[it is] a pleasant°
thing°
if°
thou keep°°
them within°
thee; they shall withal°
be fitted°°
in°
thy lips.° |
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22:19
That thy hope may be in the Lord, and he may make thy way known to thee. |
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22:19
That thy trust°
may be°
in Yahweh,°
I have made known°°
to thee this day,°
even°
to thee.° |
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22:20
And do thou too repeatedly record them for thyself on the table of thine heart, for counsel and knowledge. |
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22:20
Have not°
I written°°
to thee°
excellent things°
in counsels°
and knowledge,° |
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22:21
I therefore teach thee truth, and knowledge good to hear; that thou mayest answer words of truth to them that question thee. |
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22:21
That I might make thee know°°
the certainty°
of the words°
of truth;°
that thou mightest answer°°
the words°
of truth°
to them that send°°
unto thee? |
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22:22
Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless [man] in the gates. |
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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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22:23
For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety. |
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22:23
For°
Yahweh°
will plead°°
their cause,°
and spoil°°
the soul°
of°
those that spoiled°°
them. |
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22:24
Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man: |
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22:24
Make no°
friendship°°
with°
an angry°
man;°
and with°
a furious°
man°
thou shalt not°
go:°° |
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22:25
lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul. |
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22:25
Lest°
thou learn°°
his ways,°
and get°°
a snare°
to thy soul.° |
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22:26
Become not surety from respect of a man's person. |
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22:26
Be°
not°
thou [one] of them that strike°°
hands,°
[or] of them that are sureties°°
for debts.° |
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22:27
For if those have not whence to give compensation, they will take the bed [that is] under thee. |
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22:27
If°
thou hast nothing°
to pay,°°
why°
should he take away°°
thy bed°
from under°°
thee? |
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22:28
Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed. |
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22:28
Remove°°
not°
the ancient°
landmark,°
which°
thy fathers°
have set.°° |
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22:29
It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men. |
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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]. |
