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Ezra Chapter 22

1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving

2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the

4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth

6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they

19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before