Proverbs 22:7-16
Rich people rule over those who are poor.
Borrowers are slaves to lenders.
Anyone who plants evil gathers a harvest of trouble.
Their power to treat others badly will be destroyed.
Those who give freely will be blessed.
That’s because they share their food with those who are poor.
If you drive away those who make fun of others, fighting also goes away.
Arguing and unkind words will stop.
A person who has a pure and loving heart and speaks kindly
will be a friend of the king.
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge.
But he does away with the words of those who aren’t faithful.
People who don’t want to work say, “There’s a lion outside!”
Or they say, “I’ll be murdered if I go out into the streets!”
The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit.
Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.
Children are going to do foolish things.
But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.
You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people.
Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.
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