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Money Matters

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         <div class="label">22</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A </span><span class="add"><span class="content">good</span></span><span class="content"> name </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> rather to be chosen than great riches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> loving favour rather than silver and gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.22.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rich and poor meet together:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> the maker of them all.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.22.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A prudent </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">But the simple pass on, and are punished.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.22.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">By humility </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> the fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Are</span></span><span class="content"> riches, and honour, and life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.22.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Thorns </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> snares </span><span class="add"><span class="content">are</span></span><span class="content"> in the way of the froward:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">He that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.22.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Train up a child in the way he should go:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">And when he is old, he will not depart from it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.22.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The rich ruleth over the poor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">And the borrower </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> servant to the lender.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.22.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">And the rod of his anger shall fail.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.22.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">For he giveth of his bread to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.22.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">Yea, strife and reproach shall cease.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.22.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He that loveth pureness of heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">For</span></span><span class="content"> the grace of his lips the king </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> his friend.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.22.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The eyes of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> preserve knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">And he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.22.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The slothful </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> saith, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> a lion without,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">I shall be slain in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.22.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The mouth of strange women </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> a deep pit:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">He that is abhorred of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> shall fall therein.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.22.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Foolishness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> bound in the heart of a child;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">But</span></span><span class="content"> the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.22.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He that oppresseth the poor to increase his </span><span class="add"><span class="content">riches</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> he that giveth to the rich, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall</span></span><span class="content"> surely </span><span class="add"><span class="content">come</span></span><span class="content"> to want.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Words of the Wise</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.22.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">And apply thine heart unto my knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.22.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">They shall withal be fitted in thy lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.22.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">That thy trust may be in the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.22.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Have not I written to thee excellent things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">In counsels and knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.22.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">That thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.22.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Rob not the poor, because he </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> poor:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.22.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">For the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> will plead their cause,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">And spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.22.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Make no friendship with an angry man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">And with a furious man thou shalt not go:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.22.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Lest thou learn his ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">And get a snare to thy soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.22.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Be not thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">one</span></span><span class="content"> of them that strike hands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Or</span></span><span class="content"> of them that are sureties for debts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.22.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If thou hast nothing to pay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.22.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Remove not the ancient landmark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">Which thy fathers have set.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.22.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.22.29"><span class="content">He shall not stand before mean </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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