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22A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
²The rich and the poor have this in common:
the Lord is the maker of them all.
³The clever see danger and hide;
but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
⁴The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is riches and honor and life.
⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
the cautious will keep far from them.
⁶Train children in the right way,
and when old, they will not stray.
⁷The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of anger will fail.
⁹Those who are generous are blessed,
for they share their bread with the poor.
¹⁰Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.
¹¹Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.
¹²The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
¹³The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy,
but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
¹⁶Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss. ¹⁷The words of the wise:

Incline your ear and hear my words,
and apply your mind to my teaching;
¹⁸for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today—yes, to you.
²⁰Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of admonition and knowledge,
²¹to show you what is right and true,
so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? ²²Do not rob the poor because they are poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
²³for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.