Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 21

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Chapter 22

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  A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.  

 

 

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  The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.  

 

 

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  A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.  

 

 

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  The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.  

 

 

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  Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.  

 

 

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6


 

  Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.  

 

 

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  The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.  

 

 

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8


 

  He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.  

 

 

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9


 

  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.  

 

 

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10


 

  Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.  

 

 

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11


 

  He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.  

 

 

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12


 

  The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.  

 

 

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13


 

  The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!  

 

 

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14


 

  The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.  

 

 

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15


 

  Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.  

 

 

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  He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.  

 

 

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  Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.  

 

 

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18


 

  For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.  

 

 

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19


 

  That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.  

 

 

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20


 

  Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,  

 

 

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21


 

  that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?  

 

 

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22


 

  Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;  

 

 

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  for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.  

 

 

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24


 

  Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;  

 

 

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  lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.  

 

 

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26


 

  Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:  

 

 

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  if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?  

 

 

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28


 

  Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.  

 

 

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29


 

  Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.  

 

 

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Proverbs 23

 

 

 

 

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