1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
2The rich and the poor meet together:
3A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
4The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse:
6Train up a child in the way he should go,
7The rich ruleth over the poor;
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
11He that loveth pureness of heart,
12The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge;
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without;
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee,
19That thy trust may be in Jehovah,
20Have not I written unto thee excellent things
21To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor;
23For Jehovah will plead their cause,
24Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
25Lest thou learn his ways,
26Be thou not one of them that strike hands,
27If thou hast not wherewith to pay,
28Remove not the ancient landmark,
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings;