- 1. A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- 2. The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
- 3. A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
- 4. The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life.
- 5. Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
- 6. Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
- 7. The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
- 8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
- 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- 10. Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
- 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
- 12. The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
- 13. The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
- 14. The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: He that is abhorred of Jehovah shall fall therein.
- 15. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; [But] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- 16. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [gain], [And] he that giveth to the rich, [shall come] only to want.
- 17. Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
- 18. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, If they be established together upon thy lips.
- 19. That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
- 20. Have not I written unto thee excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
- 21. To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
- 22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
- 23. For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
- 24. Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
- 25. Lest thou learn this ways, And get a snare to thy soul.
- 26. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, [Or] of them that are sureties for debts.
- 27. If thou hast not wherewith to pay, Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- 28. Remove not the ancient landmark, Which thy fathers have set.
- 29. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
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