Proverbs
22
Instructions and admonitions to sons
Two good choices
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BIBLE TEXT BEGINS:
1 A good name is to be chosen rather than
great riches, Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
The Creator of all
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common, The LORD is the maker of them all.
Blessing of foresight
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3 A
prudent man foresees evil and hides
himself, But the simple pass on and are punished.
Two sources of blessings
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4 By humility and the fear of the LORD Are
riches and honor and life.
How to escape snares
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5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the
perverse; He who guards his soul will be far from them.
An unfailing law
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6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
Two kinds of rulers
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7 The rich rules over the poor, And the
borrower is servant to the lender.
Two unfailing laws
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8 He who sows
iniquity will reap sorrow, And the
rod of his anger will fail.
9 He who has a generous eye will be blessed, For he gives of his bread to the poor.
How to make peace
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10 Cast out the
scoffer, and contention will
leave; Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
How to win friends
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11 He who loves purity of heart And has
grace on his lips, The king will be his friend.
Two works of God
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12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the
faithless.
The lazy man
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13 The lazy man says, "There is a lion
outside! I shall be slain in the streets!"
The pit for fools
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14 The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep
pit; He who is abhorred by the LORD will fall there.
A remedy for foolishness
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15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a
child; The
rod of correction will drive it far from
him.
Two causes of want
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his
riches, And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
MY SON (19:27): 25 COMMANDS (22:17-23:14)
Three commands: two reasons
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17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the
wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them
within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
19 So that your trust may be in the LORD; I
have instructed you today, even you.
I have written: two reasons
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20 Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
21 That I may make you know the certainty of
the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth
To those who send to you?
Two commands: two reasons
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22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Two commands: two reasons
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24 Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways And
set a snare for your soul.
Two commands: reason
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26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for
debts;
27 If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
One command
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28 Do not remove the ancient
landmark Which your fathers have set.
Two blessings of diligence
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29 Do you see a man who excels in his work? He
will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.
(NKJV)
