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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.
A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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.
Rich and poor have this in common:
The Lord is the Maker of them all.
The Lord is the Maker of them all.
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 prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
By humility and the fear of the Lord
Are riches and honor and life.
Are riches and honor and life.
Humility is the fear of the Lord;
its wages are riches and honor and life.
its wages are riches and honor and life.
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.
In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
And the borrower is servant to the lender.
The rich rule over the poor,
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity,
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
The generous will themselves be blessed,
for they share their food with the poor.
for they share their food with the poor.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention will leave;
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Yes, strife and reproach will cease.
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.
quarrels and insults are ended.
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.
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.
will have the king for a friend.
The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
But He overthrows the words of the faithless.
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be slain in the streets!”
I shall be slain in the streets!”
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
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.
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
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.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
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.
One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich — both come to poverty.
and one who gives gifts to the rich — both come to poverty.
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;
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
Saying 1
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
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,
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
and have all of them ready on your lips.
So that your trust may be in the Lord;
I have instructed you today, even you.
I have instructed you today, even you.
So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
I teach you today, even you.
Have I not written to you excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,
Of counsels and knowledge,
Have I not written thirty sayings for you,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
sayings of counsel and knowledge,
teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
so that you bring back truthful reports
to those you serve?
Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
Saying 2
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
Do not exploit the poor because they are poor
and do not crush the needy in court,
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.
for the Lord will take up their case
and will exact life for life.
and will exact life for life.
Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a furious man do not go,
And with a furious man do not go,
Saying 3
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person,
do not associate with one easily angered,
Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.
And set a snare for your soul.
or you may learn their ways
and get yourself ensnared.
and get yourself ensnared.
Saying 4
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
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?
if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
Saying 5
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set up by your ancestors.
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set up by your ancestors.