These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
BIBLES
King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Proverbs 22
Tanakh 29 verses
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A good is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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The rich and the poor meet together—The is the maker of them all.
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- 3 A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.
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The reward of humility is the of , Even riches, and , and life.
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- 5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward; He that keepeth his holdeth himself far from them.
- 6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old, he will not depart from it.
- 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, And the borrower is to the lender.
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity; And the rod of his wrath 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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Proverbs 19:17 Hebrews 13:16 Matthew 20:15 Luke 14:13 Psalm 112:9 1 Peter 4:9 Mark 7:22 Proverbs 21:13 Deuteronomy 15:7-11 Job 31:16-20 Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 Deuteronomy 28:56 1 Timothy 6:18-19 Proverbs 11:25 2 Corinthians 8:1-2 Psalm 41:1-3 Hebrews 6:10 Isaiah 58:7-12 Matthew 25:34-40 2 Corinthians 9:6-11 Isaiah 32:8 Acts 20:35 Luke 6:35-38 - 10 Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and shame will cease.
- 11 He that loveth pureness of , That hath in his lips, the shall be his friend.
- 12 The eyes of preserve him that hath knowledge, But He overthroweth the words of the faithless man.
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The sluggard 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 shall fall therein.
- 15 Foolishness is bound up in the of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- 16 One may oppress the poor, yet will their gain increase; One may give to the rich, yet will want come.
- 17 Incline thine ear, and the words of the wise, And apply thy unto my knowledge.
- 18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; Let them be established altogether upon thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in , I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge;
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That I might make thee the certainty of the words of , That thou mightest bring back words of to them that send thee?
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Rob not the weak, because he is weak, Neither crush the poor in the gate;
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- 23 For will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
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Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go;
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Lest thou learn his ways, And get a snare to thy .
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Be thou not of them that strike hands, Or of them that are sureties for debts;
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If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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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.