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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 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

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,(A)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.(B)

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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

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

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  1. Proverbs 22:9 Lit Good of eye

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

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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 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