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- A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
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- The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. [Job 31:15; Prov. 14:31.]
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- A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering].
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- The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
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- Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.
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- Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.]
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- The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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- He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.
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- He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]
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- Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease.
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- He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech--because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend.
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- The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
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- The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!
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- The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it.
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- Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
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- He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich--both will surely come to want.
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- Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge;
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- For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them.
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- So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you.
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- Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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- To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? [Luke 1:3, 4.]
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- Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], [Exod. 23:6; Job 31:16, 21.]
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- For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive [the poor or afflicted]. [Zech. 7:10; Mal. 3:5.]
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- Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate,
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- Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare.
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- Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts.
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- If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
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- Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up.
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- Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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