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On Life and Conduct
A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
A good name is to be more desired than great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.
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 rich and the poor have a common bond,
The LORD is the maker of them all.
The LORD is the maker of them all.
The rich and poor meet together; Jehovah is the maker of them all.
The prudent sees the evil and hides himself,
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
But the naive go on, and are punished for it.
A prudent [man] seeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD
Are riches, honor and life.
Are riches, honor and life.
The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah is riches, and honour, and life.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards himself will be far from them.
He who guards himself will be far from them.
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: he that keepeth his soul holdeth himself 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 the child according to the tenor of his way, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.
The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He who sows iniquity will reap vanity,
And the rod of his fury will perish.
And the rod of his fury will perish.
He that soweth unrighteousness shall reap iniquity, and the rod of his wrath shall have an end.
He who is generous will be blessed,
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
For he gives some of his food to the poor.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Even strife and dishonor will cease.
Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
He who loves purity of heart
And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.
And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend.
He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”
I will be killed in the streets!”
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit;
He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it.
The mouth of strange women is a deep ditch: he with whom Jehovah is displeased shall fall therein.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, [bringeth] only to want.
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your mind to my knowledge;
And apply your mind to my knowledge;
Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
That they may be ready on your lips.
That they may be ready on your lips.
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee: they shall be together fitted on thy lips.
So that your trust may be in the LORD,
I have taught you today, even you.
I have taught you today, even you.
That thy confidence may be in Jehovah, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
Of counsels and knowledge,
Have not I written to thee excellent things, in counsels and knowledge,
To make you know the certainty of the words of truth
That you may correctly answer him who sent you?
That you may correctly answer him who sent you?
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?
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 case
And take the life of those who rob them.
And take the life of those who rob them.
for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.
Do not associate with a man given to anger;
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Or go with a hot-tempered man,
Make no friendship with an angry man, and go not with a furious man;
Or you will learn his ways
And find a snare for yourself.
And find a snare for yourself.
lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.
Do not be among those who give pledges,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Be not of them that strike hands, of them that are sureties for debts:
If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he take your bed from under you?
Why should he take your bed from under you?
if thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers have set.
Which your fathers have set.
Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set.