- 1. A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- 2. The rich and 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 are punished.
- 4. The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
- 5. Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
- 6. Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and 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 unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
- 9. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
- 10. Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
- 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
- 12. The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
- 13. The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
- 14. The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
- 15. Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
- 16. He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] 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: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
- 19. That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
- 20. Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
- 21. that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest 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 the soul of those that despoil them.
- 24. Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
- 25. lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
- 26. Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
- 27. if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
- 28. Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.
- 29. Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before the mean.
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