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Proverbs 22
1 ¶ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches; rather than silver or gold, favor is better.
2 ¶ The rich and poor meet together, Jehovah is the Maker of all of them.
3 ¶ A sensible one sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple go on and are punished.
4 ¶ The reward of humility is the fear of Jehovah, riches, and honor, and life.
5 ¶ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse, he who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
6 ¶ Train up a boy on the opening of his way, even when he is old, he will not turn aside from it.
7 ¶ The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to a man who lends.
8 ¶ He who sows injustice will reap evil, and the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9 ¶ He who has a good eye, he is blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
10 ¶ Throw the scorner out and strife shall go out; yea, quarrels and shame shall cease.
11 ¶ He who loves pureness of heart, grace is on his lips; the king shall be his friend.
12 ¶ The eyes of Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13 ¶ The lazy one says, A lion is outside! I will be killed in the streets!
14 ¶ The mouth of alien women is a deep pit; those despised by Jehovah shall fall there.
15 ¶ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a boy, the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16 ¶ One oppresses the poor to multiply for himself, another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
17 ¶ Stretch your ear and hear the words of the wise, and set your heart to My knowledge,
18 for they are pleasant when you keep them within you; they shall all be fixed together on your lips,
19 so that your trust may be in Jehovah. I caused you to know today, even you.
20 Have I not written to you the third time with counsels and knowledge,
21 to cause you to know the verity of the words of truth, to return words of truth to those who send you?
22 ¶ Rob not the poor because he is poor, and oppress not the afflicted in the gate.
23 For Jehovah will contend for their cause, and will plunder the soul of their plunderers.
24 ¶ Do not feed a possessor of anger, and do not go in with a man of fury,
25 lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul.
26 ¶ Do not be one of those who strike the palm, those who are sureties for loans.
27 If you have nothing to repay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28 ¶ Do not move the old landmark which your fathers have set.
29 ¶ Do you see a man who is prompt in his work? He shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 24
1 ¶ Do not envy evil men, nor desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studies violence, and their lips talk of mischief.
3 ¶ Through wisdom a house is built, and it is established by understanding,
4 and by knowledge the inner parts shall be filled with precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise warrior is in strength: yes, a man of knowledge firms up power.
6 For you shall make war for yourself by wise advice, and safety is in the great Counselor.
7 ¶ Wisdom is too high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
8 He who plots to do evil shall be called a lord of evil plots.
9 The plot of foolishness is sin, and the scorner is hateful to men.
10 ¶ Your strength is small if you faint in the day of distress,
11 ¶ if you hold back to deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling for killing.
12 For you say, Behold, we did not know this. Does not He who weighs the heart consider it? And the One who keeps your soul, does He not know? Yea, He repays to a man according to his work.
13 ¶ My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
14 so shall knowledge of wisdom be to your soul when you have found there is a future and your hope is not cut off.
15 ¶ Oh wicked one, do not lie in wait against the dwelling of the righteous; do not violate his resting place,
16 for a just one falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall stumble into evil.
17 ¶ Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 that Jehovah not see and it be evil in His eyes, and He turn away His anger from him.
19 ¶ Do not burn in anger because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked;
20 for no hereafter shall be to the evil; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21 ¶ My son, fear Jehovah and the king; do not meddle with those who change,
22 for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of both of them?
23 ¶ These also are for the wise: to respect persons in judgment is not good.
24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; the peoples shall curse him; nations shall abhor him.
25 But to those who rebuke, it is pleasant, and a good blessing comes to them.
26 He kisses the lips of one who returns right words.
27 ¶ Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.
28 ¶ Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, or deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay each according to his work.
30 ¶ I went over the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart,
31 and, lo, it was all risen up with thistles; nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 And I beheld; I set my heart on it; I looked; I received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
34 so shall your poverty come stalking, and your want like a man with a shield.

Scripture taken from the Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (LITV)
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By Jay P. Green, Sr.
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