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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.
Choose a good reputation over great riches;
being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.
being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich and poor have this in common:
The LORD made them both.
The LORD made them both.
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
True humility and fear of the LORD
lead to riches, honor, and long life.
lead to riches, honor, and long life.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road;
whoever values life will avoid it.
whoever values life will avoid it.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Direct your children onto the right path,
and when they are older, they will not leave it.
and when they are older, they will not leave it.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant to the lender.
so the borrower is servant to the lender.
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.
Blessed are those who are generous,
because they feed the poor.
because they feed the poor.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Throw out the mocker, and fighting goes, too.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
Quarrels and insults will disappear.
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Whoever loves a pure heart and gracious speech
will have the king as a friend.
will have the king as a friend.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
The LORD preserves those with knowledge,
but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion out there!
If I go outside, I might be killed!”
If I go outside, I might be killed!”
The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
The mouth of an immoral woman is a dangerous trap;
those who make the LORD angry will fall into it.
those who make the LORD angry will fall into it.
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness,
but physical discipline will drive it far away.
but physical discipline will drive it far away.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
A person who gets ahead by oppressing the poor
or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
Sayings of the Wise
or by showering gifts on the rich will end in poverty.
Sayings of the Wise
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Listen to the words of the wise;
apply your heart to my instruction.
apply your heart to my instruction.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart
and always ready on your lips.
and always ready on your lips.
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
I am teaching you today — yes, you —
so you will trust in the LORD.
so you will trust in the LORD.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
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?
In this way, you may know the truth
and take an accurate report to those who sent you.
and take an accurate report to those who sent you.
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Don’t rob the poor just because you can,
or exploit the needy in court.
or exploit the needy in court.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
For the LORD is their defender.
He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
He will ruin anyone who ruins them.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Don’t befriend angry people
or associate with hot-tempered people,
or associate with hot-tempered people,
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
or you will learn to be like them
and endanger your soul.
and endanger your soul.
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Don’t agree to guarantee another person’s debt
or put up security for someone else.
or put up security for someone else.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
If you can’t pay it,
even your bed will be snatched from under you.
even your bed will be snatched from under you.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Don’t cheat your neighbor by moving the ancient boundary markers
set up by previous generations.
set up by previous generations.