Book of Proverbs - Chapter 22

A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

PROVERBS 22:1

The rich and poor meet together the LORD is the maker of them all.

PROVERBS 22:2

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself but the simple pass on, and are punished.

PROVERBS 22:3

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

PROVERBS 22:4

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

PROVERBS 22:5

Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

PROVERBS 22:6

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

PROVERBS 22:7

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity and the rod of his anger shall fail.

PROVERBS 22:8

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

PROVERBS 22:9

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

PROVERBS 22:10

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

PROVERBS 22:11

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

PROVERBS 22:12

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

PROVERBS 22:13

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

PROVERBS 22:14

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

PROVERBS 22:15

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

PROVERBS 22:16

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

PROVERBS 22:17

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

PROVERBS 22:18

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

PROVERBS 22:19

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

PROVERBS 22:20

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

PROVERBS 22:21

Rob not the poor, because he is poor neither oppress the afflicted in the gate

PROVERBS 22:22

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

PROVERBS 22:23

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go

PROVERBS 22:24

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

PROVERBS 22:25

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

PROVERBS 22:26

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

PROVERBS 22:27

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

PROVERBS 22:28

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

PROVERBS 22:29

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Say, We believe in God and what was sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and what was given to Moses, Jesus and all the Prophets by their Lord
Quran 2:136

Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:6

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I
John 14:28

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord
Deuteronomy 6:4

The Creator of the heavens and the earth. He has made for you mates from yourselves, and for the cattle (also) mates. By this means He creates you (in the wombs)
Quran 42:11

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians): Come to a word that is just between us and you, that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partners with Him, and that none of us shall take others as lords besides Allah
Quran 3:64

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me
John 5:30

Indeed, We have revealed to you, (O Muhammad), as We revealed to Noah and the prophets after him. And we revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, the Descendants, Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon, and to David We gave the book (of Psalms)
Quran 4:163

Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light. And He it is Who has put the night and the day in succession
Quran 25:61

He (Jesus) Himself stood in their midst and said to them, Peace be to you
Luke 24:36

O My servants who have transgressed against themselves, do not despair of the mercy of God. Indeed, God forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful
Quran 39: 53

Indeed, man is in loss, except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and advise one another to truth and patience
Quran 103:1-3

The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord
Mark 12:29

Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God
John 20:17

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Matthew 27:46

Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John 13:16

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind
Matthew 22:37

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
John 5:30

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
John 5:19

Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21

Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me
Isaiah 49:9

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