Proverbs 22:1-2
Revised Standard Version
22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:7
Revised Standard Version
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Proverbs 22:9
Revised Standard Version
9 He who has a bountiful eye will be blessed,
for he shares his bread with the poor.
Proverbs 22:16
Revised Standard Version
16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to want.
Proverbs 22:26-27
Revised Standard Version
26 Be not one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
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