Proverbs 22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Proverbs 22

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is riches and honor and life.

5 is a deep pit;

he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.

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and apply your mind to my teaching,

18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,

if all of them are ready on your lips.

19 sayings

of admonition and knowledge,

21 Lk 1.3, 4 to show you what is right and true,

so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

22 Zech 7.10; Mal 3.5 Do not rob the poor because they are poor

or crush the afflicted at the gate,

23 1 Sam 25.39; Ps 12.5; 35.10; Prov 23.11 for the Lord pleads their cause

and despoils of life those who despoil them.

24Make no friends with those given to anger,

and do not associate with hotheads,

25lest you learn their ways

and entangle yourself in a snare.

26 Prov 11.15 Do not be one of those who give pledges,

who become surety for debts.

27If you have nothing with which to pay,

why should your bed be taken from under you?

28 Prov 23.10 Do not remove the ancient landmark

that your ancestors set up.

29 1 Kings 10.8; Rom 12.11 Do you see those who are skillful in their work?

They will serve kings;

they will not serve common people.