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Yahweh Is the Maker of All

22 A (A)good name is to be chosen over great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor meet together in this
Yahweh is the (B)Maker of them all.

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22 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
    to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.(A)

Rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord is the Maker of them all.(B)

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The (A)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

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The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is slave to the lender.

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He who [a]is (A)generous will be blessed,
For he (B)gives from his food to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

The generous will themselves be blessed,(A)
    for they share their food with the poor.(B)

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16 He (A)who oppresses the poor to make [a]more for himself
Or who gives to the rich (B)will only come to lack.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:16 Lit much

16 One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
    and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

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26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he (B)take your bed from under you?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms

Saying 4

26 Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge(A)
    or puts up security for debts;
27 if you lack the means to pay,
    your very bed will be snatched from under you.(B)

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