Proverbs 22

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1Agoodname is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.

2The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.

3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah Isriches, and honor, and life.

5Thornsandsnares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.

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