Proverbs 22:1-2
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22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.(A)
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:6
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6 Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.(A)
Proverbs 22:8-9
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8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of anger will fail.(A)
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.(B)
Proverbs 22:22-26
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22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or crush the afflicted at the gate,(A)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.(B)
24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
and do not associate with hotheads,
25 lest you learn their ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.(C)
Proverbs 23:29-30
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29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has strife? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?(A)
30 Those who linger late over wine,
those who keep trying mixed wines.(B)
Proverbs 24:19-20
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19 Do not fret because of evildoers.
Do not envy the wicked,(A)
20 for the evil have no future;
the lamp of the wicked will go out.(B)
Proverbs 25:11
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11 A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.(A)
Proverbs 25:24
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24 It is better to live in a corner of the housetop
than in a house shared with a contentious wife.(A)
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