A good name
is rather to be chosen than great riches, and
loving favour rather than silver and gold.
02 The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is
the maker of them all.
03 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth
himself: but the simple pass on, and are
punished.
04 By humility and the fear of the Lord are
riches, and honour, and life.
05 Thorns and snares are in the way of the
froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far
from them.
06 Train up a child in the way he should go: and
when he is old, he will not depart from it.
07 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the
borrower is servant to the lender.
08 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and
the rod of his anger shall fail.
09 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go
out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the
grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and
he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion
without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he
that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child;
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from
him.
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16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his
riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall
surely come to want.
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the
wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them
within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy
lips.
19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made
known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in
counsels and knowledge,
21 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?
22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither
oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil
the soul of those that spoiled them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with
a furious man thou shalt not go:
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to
thy soul.
26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or
of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he
take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy
fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he
shall stand before kings; he shall not stand
before mean men.
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