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A Good Name More Desirable than Riches
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches; loving favour rather than silver and gold.
The Value of a Good Name
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The rich and the poor have this in common,
The Lord is the maker of them all.
The Lord is the maker of them all.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.
But the simple pass on and are punished.
The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
Are riches and honor and life.
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
Train up the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
I shall be slain in the streets!”
The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit;
He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
He who is abhorred by the Lord will fall there.
Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.
He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
Sayings of the Wise
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
Let them all be fixed upon your lips,
That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
I have instructed you today, even you.
Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
Of counsels and knowledge,
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?
Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in the gate;
Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
And with a furious man do not go,
lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
And set a snare for your soul.
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Why should he take away your bed from under you?
Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.