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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 22, Verse 3

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The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
King James Version
A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
American Standard Version
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
New English Translation
A shrewd person saw danger and hid himself, but the naive passed on by and paid for it.
World English Bible
A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
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By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
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Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
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Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
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The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
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He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
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Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
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He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
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The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
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The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.