King James Bible

Proverbs 21

The Proverbs

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Chapter 22

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

 

 

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  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.  

 

 

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3


 

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

 

 

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  By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.  

 

 

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  Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.  

 

 

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6


 

  Train up a child in the way he should go: 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 iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.  

 

 

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  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 shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.  

 

 

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11


 

  He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.  

 

 

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12


 

  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.  

 

 

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13


 

  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.  

 

 

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14


 

  The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.  

 

 

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15


 

  Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.  

 

 

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  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.  

 

 

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  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.  

 

 

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18


 

  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.  

 

 

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19


 

  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made 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 answer the words of truth to them that send unto 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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23


 

  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.  

 

 

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24


 

  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:  

 

 

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  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.  

 

 

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26


 

  Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.  

 

 

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27


 

  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


 

  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].  

 

 

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