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Proverbs 22:5-13 Common English Bible (CEB)

5. Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked;those who guard their lives keep their distance.

6. Train children in the way they should go;when they grow old, they won’t depart from it.

7. The wealthy rule over the poor;a borrower is a slave to a lender.

8. Those who sow injustice will harvest evil;the rod of their fury will come to an end.

9. Happy are generous people,because they give some of their food to the poor.

10. Remove the mocker and conflict disappears;judgment and shame also stop.

11. Those who love a pure heart—their speech is gracious, and the king is their friend.

12. The Lord’s eyes protect knowledge,but he frustrates the words of the treacherous.

13. A lazy person says, "There’s a lion in the street!I’ll be killed in the town square!"

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