| 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. |