A agood name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor 1have a common bond, The LORD is the amaker of them all.
3The aprudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the 1naive go on, and are punished for it.
4The reward of humility and the 1fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life.
5aThorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them.
6aTrain up a child 1in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7The arich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave.
8He who asows iniquity will reap vanity, And the brod of his fury will perish.
9He who 1is agenerous will be blessed, For he bgives some of his food to the poor.
10aDrive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.
11He who loves apurity of heart And 1whose speech is bgracious, the king is his friend.
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
13The asluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"
14The mouth of 1 aan adulteress is a deep pit; He who is bcursed of the LORD will fall 2into it.
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The arod of discipline will remove it far from him.
16He awho oppresses the poor to make 1more for himself Or who gives to the rich, bwill only come to poverty.
17aIncline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge;
18For it will be apleasant if you keep them within you, 1That they may be ready on your lips.
19So that your atrust may be in the LORD, I have 1taught you today, even you.
20Have I not written to you 1 aexcellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
21To make you aknow the 1certainty of the words of truth That you may 2 bcorrectly answer him who sent you?
22aDo not rob the poor because he is poor, Or bcrush the afflicted at the gate;
23For the LORD will aplead their case And 1take the life of those who rob them.
24Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a ahot-tempered man,
25Or you will alearn his ways And 1find a snare for yourself.
26Do not be among those who agive 1pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
27If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he atake your bed from under you?
28aDo not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will astand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.