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1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, andloving favour rather than silver and gold. 2The rich and the poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. 3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. 4The reward of humility andthe fear of the LORD isriches, and honour, and life. 5Thorns andsnares are in the way of the froward: he that keepeth his soul shall be far from them. 6Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it. 7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity: and the rod of his wrath shall fail. 9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. 10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and ignominy shall cease. 11He that loveth pureness of heart, forthe grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. 12The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hathknowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. 13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets. 14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; butthe rod of correction shall drive it far from him. 16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, andhe that giveth to the rich, comethonly to want. 17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. 18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips. 19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made themknown to thee this day, even to thee. 20Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge; 21To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee? 22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: 23For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them. 24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go: 25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 26Be thou not one of them that strike hands, orof them that are sureties for debts: 27If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? 28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. 29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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This translation was first published in 1885. This public domain Bible translation is brought to you courtesy of eBible.org.

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