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22 A good reputation is more desirable than great wealth,
≈ and good favour more than gold or silver.
2 Rich and poor meet each other at their end.
≈ Yahweh is the creator of all of them.
3 A prudent person notices trouble and avoids it,
whereas naive people just blunder onwards and suffer.
4 The consequence of humility and respecting and honouring Yahweh
→ is riches and honour and life.
5 Thorns and traps are on the perverse person’s path,
^ but those who guard their own self-esteem keep far away from them.
6 Train your children in the way they should go,
→ then when they’re older they won’t turn away from it.
7 A rich person rules over those who are poor,
≈ and the one who borrows is enslaved to the lender.
8 The person who sows evil will harvest trouble,
and the power from his anger will end.
9 Generous people will be blessed,
because they share their food with the poor.
10 Drive away a mocker and then strife will disappear,
→ and abuse and disputes will stop.
11 The person who values pure motives, who speaks graciously,
→ will have the king for a friend.
12 Yahweh’s eyes guard knowledge,
^ but he overthrows the plans of those who behave treacherously.
13 The lazy person says, “There’s a lion outside—
→ I’ll be killed if I go outside!”
14 The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit.
→ Those who are cursed by Yahweh will fall into it.
15 Foolish ideas are natural in the mind of a youth.
→ but the rod bringing discipline drives it far from them.
16 Those who oppress the poor or give to the rich, in order to make a profit,
→ will just end up in poverty themselves.
22:17 The thirty sayings
17 Listen carefully to what wise people have said.
≈ Set your mind to apply what I’m teaching you
18 because internalising my instructions will be worthwhile—
→ then they’ll be easy for you to share with others.
19 I’ll instruct you today
→ so that you’ll put your trust in Yahweh.
20 Actually, I’ve written thirty proverbs
to advise and teach you—
21 to show you true and reliable principles
so that you can give accurate answers to those sent to you.
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22 Don’t rob those in poverty just because they’re poor
≈ and don’t ‘crush’ a poor person at the community gate
23 → because Yahweh will take their side.
≈ Yes, he’ll plunder the lives of those who plunder them.
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24 Don’t associate with angry people,
≈ and don’t go along with a hot-headed person,
25 → in case you end up copying their habits,
≈ and get yourself tangled in that trap.
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26 Don’t be among those quick to shake hands
to guarantee the loans of others,
27 because if you’re unable to make the payment,
→ you could have your bed taken out from under you.
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28 Don’t move an ancient boundary marker,
which your ancestors had placed there.
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29 You’ve seen a man who’s skilled at his work—
→ he’ll take his position in front of kings.
^ He won’t do his work just for anybody.
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