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1. 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
2. 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
3. 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
4. 22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
5. 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
6. 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
7. 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
8. 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
9. 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
10. 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
11. 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
12. 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
13. 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
14. 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
15. 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
16. 22:21 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?
17. 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
18. 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
19. 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
20. 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
21. 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
22. 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
23. 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
24. 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
25. 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
26. 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
27. 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
28. 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
29. 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
30. 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
31. 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
32. 23:28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
33. 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
34. 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
35. 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
36. 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
37. 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
38. 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
39. 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
40. 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
41. 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
42. 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
43. 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
44. 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
45. 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
46. 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
47. 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
48. 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
49. 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
50. 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?