22 A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.(A)

The rich and the poor have this in common:[a]
the Lord made them both.[b](B)

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  1. Proverbs 22:2 Lit poor meet
  2. Proverbs 22:2 Lit all

22 Choose a good reputation over great riches;
    being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.

The rich and poor have this in common:
    The Lord made them both.

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The rich rule over the poor,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

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Just as the rich rule the poor,
    so the borrower is servant to the lender.

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A generous person[a] will be blessed,(A)
for he shares his food with the poor.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit Good of eye

Blessed are those who are generous,
    because they feed the poor.

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16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.(A)

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16 A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
    or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.

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26 Don’t be one of those who enter agreements,[a]
who put up security for loans.(A)
27 If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands

26 Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt
    or put up security for someone else.
27 If you can’t pay it,
    even your bed will be snatched from under you.

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