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Proverbs 22
Book of
Proverbs
Proverbs 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and
loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple
pass on, and are punished.
4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his
soul shall be far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will
not depart from it.
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the
lender.
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger
shall fail.
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his
bread to the poor.
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The poor = a weak one
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be
blessed,? Or "a good eye" who looks about him for proper objects
to do good unto; looks pleasantly on them, and deals out
cheerfully and bountifully to them; he shall be blessed with an
increase of temporal good things, with spiritual blessings, and
with eternal glory and happiness; when he does what he does from
principles of grace, with a view to the glory of God, not
depending on what he does, but upon the grace of God, and the
righteousness of Christ;
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and
reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king
shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he over throweth the
words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in
the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the
Lord shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of
correction shall drive it far from him.
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that
giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine
heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall
withal be fitted in thy lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this
day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and
knowledge,
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?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted
in the gate:
23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that
spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou
shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are
sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from
under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before
kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
• Exactly 2520 years from the exile
of Benjamin, Iceland became an independent nation.
•
The first tribe to be
conquered by the Assyrians was Manasseh,
in 745 B.C. Exactly 2520 years later America became a nation on July 4, 1776.
• Study the book: Abrahamic Covenant,
(A study outline of the identity of God's people) By E. Raymond Capt
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