1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2The rich and the poor meet together: Yehovah is the maker of them all.
3A prudent man sees the evil, and hides himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4The reward of humility and the fear of Yehovah Is riches, and honor, and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go, And even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7The rich rules over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8He who sows iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.
9He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; For he gives of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yes, strife and dishonor will cease.
11He who loves pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
12The eyes of Yehovah preserve him who has knowledge; But he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
13The sluggard says, There is a lion outside; I shall be slain in the streets.
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He who is abhorred by Yehovah shall fall into it.
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16He who oppresses the poor to increase his gain, And he who gives to the rich, shall come only to want.
17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge.
18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, If they are established together on your lips.
19That your trust may be in Yehovah, I have made them known to you this day, even to you.
20Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
21To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may carry back words of truth to those who send you?
22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For Yehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.
24Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger; And with a wrathful man you shall not go:
25Lest you learn his ways, And get a snare to your soul.
26Do not be one of those who strike hands, Or of those who are sureties for debts.
27If you do not have the means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
28Do not remove the ancient landmark, Which your fathers have set.
29Do you see a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before obscure men.