A name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches,{HR}Loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Rich and poor meet together:{HR}Jehovah [is] the maker of them all.
A prudent one seeth the evil and hideth himself;{HR}But the simple pass on and are punished.
The reward of humility, the fear of Jehovah,{HR}[Is] riches and honour, and life.
Thorns, snares, are in the way of a perverse one;{HR}He that guardeth his soul keepeth far from them.
Train up the child in accordance with his course;{HR}And when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The rich ruleth over the poor,{HR}And the borrower [is] servant of the lender.
He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap vanity;{HR}And the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed,{HR}For he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out,{HR}And strife and ignominy shall cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart [with] grace of his lips,{HR}The king [shall be] his friend.
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge,{HR}But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
The sluggard saith, A lion without,{HR}I shall be killed in the streets!
The mouth of strange women [is] a deep ditch;{HR}He with whom Jehovah is indignant shall fall therein.
Folly [is] bound in the heart of a child:{HR}The rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only to want.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,{HR}And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee:{HR}They shall be together fitted to thy lips.
That thy trust may be in Jehovah,{HR}I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have not I written to thee excellent things{HR}In counsels and knowledge,
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;{HR}That thou mightest report words of truth to them that send thee?
Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor,{HR}Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
For Jehovah will plead their cause,{HR}And despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
Make no friendship with an angry man,{HR}And go not with a furious man;
Lest thou learn his paths,{HR}And get a snare to thy soul.
Be not of those that strike hands,{HR}Of those that are sureties for debts;
If thou hast nothing to pay,{HR}Why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark{HR}Which thy fathers have set.
Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work?{HR}He shall stand before kings,{HR}He shall not stand before the obscure.