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A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
and favor is better than silver or gold.
A Good Name More Desirable than Riches
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the Maker of them all.
the Lord is the Maker of them all.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.
and the rod of his fury will fail.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
I shall be killed in the streets!”
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Words 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,
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
if all of them are ready on your lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
of counsel and knowledge,
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
to make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate,
or crush the afflicted at the gate,
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
for the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
and rob of life those who rob them.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
nor go with a wrathful man,
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Be not one of those who give pledges,
who put up security for debts.
who put up security for debts.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should your bed be taken from under you?
why should your bed be taken from under you?
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Do not move the ancient landmark
that your fathers have set.
that your fathers have set.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.