Proverbs 3:27-32
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27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give;
when thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause,
if he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.
32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 10:2
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2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing:
but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs 11:1
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11 A false balance is abomination to the Lord:
but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 13:3
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3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord:
but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs 14:5
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5 A faithful witness will not lie:
but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs 15:27
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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:11
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11 A just weight and balance are the Lord’s:
all the weights of the bag are his work.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs 17:8
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8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom
to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them;
because they refuse to do judgment.
8 The way of man is froward and strange:
but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 for the Lord will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 24:23-26
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23 These things also belong to the wise.
It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25 but to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26 Every man shall kiss his lips
that giveth a right answer.
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor
is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open thy mouth for the dumb
in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
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