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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 rather to be chosen than great riches,
And [a]loving favor rather than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.

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  1. Proverbs 22:1 Or, favor is better than etc.

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

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The rich ruleth over the poor;
And the borrower is servant 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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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit has a good eye

He that hath a [a]bountiful eye shall be blessed;
For he giveth of his bread to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Hebrew good.

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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  1. Proverbs 22:16 Lit much

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

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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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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms

26 Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
Or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

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