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OT Text: ALE BHS MAS WLC RAH | NT Texts: NA26 WH PES

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Proverbs 22:1

A ^(C1)good name is to be more desired than great wealth; Favor is better than silver and gold.

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Proverbs 22:2

The rich and the poor ^(F1)have a common bond, The LORD is the ^(C1)Maker of them all.

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Proverbs 22:3

A ^(C1)prudent person sees evil and hides himself, But the naive proceed, and pay the penalty.

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Proverbs 22:4

The reward of humility and ^(F1)the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor, and life.

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Proverbs 22:5

^(C1)Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; One who guards himself will be far from them.

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Proverbs 22:6

^(C1)Train up a child ^(F1)in the way he should go, Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

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Proverbs 22:7

The ^(C1)rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave.

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Proverbs 22:8

One who ^(C1)sows injustice will reap disaster, And the ^(C2)rod of his fury will perish.

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Proverbs 22:9

One who ^(F1)is ^(C1)generous will be blessed, Because he ^(C2)gives some of his food to the poor.

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Proverbs 22:10

^(C1)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave, Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.

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Proverbs 22:11

One who loves ^(C1)purity of heart And ^(F1)whose speech is ^(C2)gracious, the king is his friend.

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Proverbs 22:12

The eyes of the LORD protect knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous person.

Proverbs 22:13

The ^(F1)^(C1)lazy one says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"

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Proverbs 22:14

The mouth of ^(F1)^(C1)an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is ^(C2)cursed of the LORD will fall ^(F2)into it.

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Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The ^(C1)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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Proverbs 22:16

One ^(C1)who oppresses the poor to make ^(F1)more for himself, Or gives to the rich, ^(C2)will only come to poverty.

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Proverbs 22:17

^(C1)Extend your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;

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Proverbs 22:18

For it will be ^(C1)pleasant if you keep them within you, ^(F1)So that they may be ready on your lips.

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Proverbs 22:19

So that your ^(C1)trust may be in the LORD, I have ^(F1)taught you today, you indeed.

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Proverbs 22:20

Have I not written to you ^(F1)^(C1)excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

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Proverbs 22:21

To make you ^(C1)know the ^(F1)certainty of the words of truth, So that you may ^(F2)^(C2)correctly answer him who sent you?

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Proverbs 22:22

^(C1)Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor ^(C2)crush the needy at the gate;

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Proverbs 22:23

For the LORD will ^(C1)plead their case And ^(F1)take the life of those who rob them.

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Proverbs 22:24

Do not make friends with a person given to anger, Or go with a ^(C1)hot-tempered person,

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Proverbs 22:25

Or you will ^(C1)learn his ways And ^(F1)find a snare for yourself.

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Proverbs 22:26

Do not be among those who ^(C1)shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts.

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Proverbs 22:27

If you have nothing with which to repay, Why should he ^(C1)take your bed from under you?

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Proverbs 22:28

^(C1)Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.

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Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will ^(C1)stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure people.

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Proverbs 23:1

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully ^(F1)what is before you,

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Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to your throat If you are a ^(C1)person of great appetite.

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Proverbs 23:3

Do not ^(C1)desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.

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Proverbs 23:4

^(C1)Do not weary yourself to gain wealth; ^(F1)^(C2)Stop dwelling on it.

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Proverbs 23:5

^(F1)When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For ^(C1)wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

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Proverbs 23:6

^(C1)Do not eat the bread of ^(F1)a ^(C2)selfish person; Or desire his delicacies;

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Proverbs 23:7

For as he ^(F1)thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But ^(C1)his heart is not with you.

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Proverbs 23:8

You will ^(C1)vomit up ^(F1)the morsel you have eaten And waste your ^(F2)compliments.

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Proverbs 23:9

^(C1)Do not speak ^(F1)to be heard by a fool, For he will ^(C2)despise the wisdom of your words.

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Proverbs 23:10

Do not move the ancient boundary Or ^(C1)go into the fields of the fatherless,

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Proverbs 23:11

For their ^(C1)Redeemer is strong; ^(C2)He will plead their case against you.

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Proverbs 23:12

Apply your heart to discipline, And your ears to words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:13

^(C1)Do not withhold discipline from a child; Though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

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Proverbs 23:14

You shall strike him with the rod And ^(C1)rescue his soul from Sheol.

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Proverbs 23:15

My son, if your heart is ^(C1)wise, My own heart also will be glad,

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Proverbs 23:16

And my ^(F1)innermost being will rejoice When your lips speak ^(C1)what is right.

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Proverbs 23:17

^(C1)Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in ^(F1)the ^(C2)fear of the LORD ^(F2)always.

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Proverbs 23:18

Certainly there is a ^(F1)^(C1)future, And your ^(C2)hope will not be cut off.

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Proverbs 23:19

Listen, my son, and ^(C1)be wise, And ^(C2)direct your heart in the way.

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Proverbs 23:20

Do not be with ^(C1)heavy drinkers of wine, Or with ^(C2)gluttonous eaters of meat;

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Proverbs 23:21

For the ^(C1)heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And ^(C2)drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

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Proverbs 23:22

^(C1)Listen to your father, who fathered you, And ^(C2)do not despise your mother when she is old.

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Proverbs 23:23

^(C1)Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

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Proverbs 23:24

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And ^(C1)he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.

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Proverbs 23:25

Let your ^(C1)father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

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Proverbs 23:26

^(C1)Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes ^(F1)^(C2)delight in my ways.

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Proverbs 23:27

For a prostitute is a ^(C1)deep pit, And a ^(F1)^(C2)strange woman is a narrow well.

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Proverbs 23:28

Certainly she ^(C1)lurks as a robber, And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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Proverbs 23:29

Who has ^(C1)woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has red eyes?

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Proverbs 23:30

Those who ^(C1)linger long over wine, Those who go to ^(F1)taste ^(C2)mixed wine.

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Proverbs 23:31

Do not look at wine when it is red, When it ^(F1)sparkles in the cup, When it ^(C1)goes down smoothly;

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Proverbs 23:32

In the end it ^(C1)bites like a snake And stings like a ^(C2)viper.

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Proverbs 23:33

Your eyes will see strange things And your ^(F1)mind will ^(C1)say perverse things.

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Proverbs 23:34

And you will be like one who lies down in the ^(F1)middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a ^(F2)mast.

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Proverbs 23:35

"They ^(C1)struck me, but I did not become ^(F1)ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When will I awake? I will ^(C2)seek ^(F2)another drink."

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