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Proverbs 22:3-8 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

3. The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.

4. The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.

5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.

6. Train the child concerning his way; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

7. The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of the lender.

8. He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.