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Proverbs 22:5-10 Amplified Bible (AMP)

5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them.

6. Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.]

7. The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8. He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail.

9. He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. [II Cor. 9:6-10.]

10. Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease.