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Proverbs Chapter 22

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In Proverbs Chapter 22 the author stresses the importance of giving to the poor and the wicked, showing that a generous heart leads to blessing. He also warns that the fear of the Lord brings wisdom and that the wicked are not truly safe.

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(1) A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
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I Kings 1:47Ecclesiastes 7:1Luke 10:20Philippians 4:3Hebrews 11:39Acts 7:10

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Proverbs 16:16I Corinthians 6:7Exodus 38:17Proverbs 8:10Job 36:21Jeremiah 8:3

(2) The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
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Proverbs 29:13I Samuel 2:7Psalms 49:1Psalms 49:2Luke 16:19Luke 16:20I Corinthians 12:21James 2:2James 2:3James 2:4James 2:5Proverbs 14:31

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II Corinthians 8:9Proverbs 14:31

(3) A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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Proverbs 14:16Proverbs 27:12Exodus 9:20Exodus 9:21Isaiah 26:20Isaiah 26:21Matthew 24:15Matthew 24:16Matthew 24:17Matthew 24:18I Thessalonians 5:2I Thessalonians 5:3

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Proverbs 27:12

(4) By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
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Proverbs 3:16Proverbs 21:21Psalms 34:9Psalms 34:10Psalms 112:1Psalms 112:2Psalms 112:3Isaiah 33:6Isaiah 57:15Matthew 6:33I Timothy 4:8James 4:6

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Proverbs 8:18

(5) Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
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Proverbs 13:15Proverbs 15:19Joshua 23:13Job 18:8Psalms 11:6Psalms 18:26Psalms 18:27Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 16:17Proverbs 19:16Psalms 91:1I John 5:18

(6) Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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Genesis 18:19Deuteronomy 4:9Deuteronomy 6:7Psalms 78:3Psalms 78:4Psalms 78:5Psalms 78:6Ephesians 6:4II Timothy 3:15I Samuel 1:28I Samuel 2:26I Samuel 12:2

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11II Kings 4:34Lamentations 4:15

(7) The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 18:23Amos 2:6Amos 4:1Amos 5:11Amos 5:12Amos 8:4Amos 8:6James 2:6James 5:1

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II Corinthians 8:9

(8) He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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Job 4:8Hosea 8:7Hosea 10:13Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:8Proverbs 14:3Psalms 125:3Isaiah 9:4Isaiah 10:5Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 30:31

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II Corinthians 9:6Galatians 6:8Ecclesiastes 1:2

(9) He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 19:17Proverbs 21:13Deuteronomy 15:7Deuteronomy 15:8Deuteronomy 15:9Deuteronomy 15:10Deuteronomy 15:11Deuteronomy 28:56Job 31:16Job 31:17Job 31:18

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Luke 6:42Deuteronomy 15:7Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34

(10) Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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Proverbs 21:24Proverbs 26:20Proverbs 26:21Genesis 21:9Genesis 21:10Nehemiah 4:1Nehemiah 4:2Nehemiah 4:3Nehemiah 13:28Psalms 101:5Matthew 18:17I Corinthians 5:5

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Daniel 11:18

(11) He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
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Proverbs 16:13Psalms 101:6Matthew 5:8Psalms 45:2Luke 4:22Genesis 41:39Genesis 41:40Genesis 41:41Genesis 41:42Genesis 41:43Genesis 41:44Genesis 41:45

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Romans 11:6I Corinthians 15:10

(12) The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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II Chronicles 16:9Isaiah 59:19Isaiah 59:20Isaiah 59:21Matthew 16:16Matthew 16:17Matthew 16:18Acts 5:39Acts 12:23Acts 12:24Revelation 11:3Revelation 11:4

(13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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Proverbs 15:19Proverbs 26:13Proverbs 26:14Proverbs 26:15Proverbs 26:16Numbers 13:32Numbers 13:33

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Proverbs 26:13Numbers 23:24Ezekiel 11:6Ezekiel 32:25

(14) The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
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Proverbs 2:16Proverbs 2:17Proverbs 2:18Proverbs 2:19Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 5:4Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 5:6Proverbs 5:7Proverbs 5:8Proverbs 5:9Proverbs 5:10

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Exodus 21:33Proverbs 23:27Proverbs 26:27Isaiah 24:18Jeremiah 48:44II Kings 15:16

(15) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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Job 14:4Psalms 51:5John 3:6Ephesians 2:3Proverbs 13:24Proverbs 19:18Proverbs 23:13Proverbs 23:14Proverbs 29:15Proverbs 29:17Hebrews 12:10Hebrews 12:11

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II Samuel 12:18I Corinthians 13:11II Kings 4:34Proverbs 23:13Revelation 12:5Isaiah 22:3

(16) He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
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Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 22:23Proverbs 14:31Proverbs 28:3Job 20:19Job 20:20Job 20:21Job 20:22Job 20:23Job 20:24Job 20:25Job 20:26

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Psalms 39:6Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 18:17Proverbs 13:7II Corinthians 8:9I Timothy 6:17

(17) Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
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Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 2:5Proverbs 5:1Proverbs 5:2Proverbs 1:3Proverbs 3:1Proverbs 4:4Proverbs 4:5Proverbs 4:6Proverbs 4:7

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Proverbs 18:15Job 34:2Proverbs 21:11

(18) For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
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Proverbs 2:10Proverbs 3:17Proverbs 24:13Proverbs 24:14Psalms 19:10Psalms 119:103Psalms 119:111Psalms 119:162Jeremiah 15:16Job 32:18Job 32:19John 7:38

(19) That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Proverbs 3:5Psalms 62:8Isaiah 12:2Isaiah 26:4Jeremiah 17:7I Peter 1:21

(20) Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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Proverbs 8:6Psalms 12:6Hosea 8:12II Timothy 3:15II Timothy 3:16II Timothy 3:17II Peter 1:19II Peter 1:20II Peter 1:21

(21) That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
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Luke 1:3Luke 1:4John 20:31I John 5:13I Peter 3:15

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Psalms 57:3Isaiah 65:16Zechariah 8:16John 8:32John 8:44John 16:13

(22) Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
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Proverbs 23:10Proverbs 23:11Ezekiel 22:29Proverbs 22:16Exodus 23:6Job 29:12Job 29:13Job 29:14Job 29:15Job 29:16Job 31:16Job 31:21

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Deuteronomy 15:7Deuteronomy 15:11

(23) For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
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Proverbs 23:11I Samuel 24:12I Samuel 24:15I Samuel 25:39Psalms 12:5Psalms 35:1Psalms 35:10Psalms 43:1Psalms 68:5Psalms 140:12Jeremiah 50:34Jeremiah 51:36

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Isaiah 33:1Judges 6:31

(24) Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
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Proverbs 21:24Proverbs 29:22II Corinthians 6:14II Corinthians 6:15II Corinthians 6:16II Corinthians 6:17

(25) Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
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Proverbs 13:20Psalms 106:35I Corinthians 15:33

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Exodus 34:12

(26) Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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Proverbs 6:1Proverbs 6:2Proverbs 6:3Proverbs 6:4Proverbs 6:5Proverbs 11:15Proverbs 17:18Proverbs 27:13

(27) If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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Proverbs 20:16Exodus 22:26Exodus 22:27II Kings 4:1

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I Samuel 1:8

(28) Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
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Proverbs 23:10Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 27:17Job 24:2

(29) Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 12:24I Kings 11:28Ecclesiastes 9:10Matthew 25:21Matthew 25:23Romans 12:11II Timothy 4:2

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Numbers 30:4Numbers 30:7Numbers 30:11Psalms 38:11Daniel 11:16Nahum 2:8

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