1: A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favor rather than silver and gold. 2: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all. 3: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. 4: By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honor, and life. 5: Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. 6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 7: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender. 8: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. 9: 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 end; yes, 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 by 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. 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 thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. 18: For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest 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 to 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].
