1A good name is to be chosen above great riches, and loving favor is above silver and above gold.
2The rich and poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all.
3A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himself: but the foolish go on still, and are punished.
4The reward of humility, and the fear of God is riches, and glory, and life.
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: but he that regardeth his soul, will depart far from them.
6Teach a child in the trade of his way, and when he is old he shall not depart from it.
7The rich ruleth the poor, and the borrower is servant to the man that lendeth.
8He that soweth iniquity, shall reap affliction, and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9He that hath a good eye, he shall be blessed: for he giveth of his bread unto the poor.
10Cast out the scorner, and strife shall go out: so contention and reproach shall cease.
11He that loveth pureness of heart for the grace of his lips, the king shall be his friend.
12The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: but he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13The slothful man saith, A lion is without, I shall be slain in the street.
14The mouth of strange women is as a deep pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child: but the rod of correction shall drive it away from him.
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase himself, and giveth unto the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
17Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18For it shall be pleasant, if thou keep them in thy belly, and if they be directed together in thy lips.
19That thy confidence may be in the Lord, I have showed thee this day: thou therefore take heed.
20Have not I written unto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
21That I might show thee the assurance of the words of truth, to answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted in judgment.
23For the Lord will defend their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoil them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man, neither go with the furious man,
25Lest thou learn his ways, and receive destruction to thy soul.
26Be not thou of them that tough the hand, nor among them that are surety for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from under thee?
28Thou shalt not remove the ancient bounds which thy fathers have made.
29Thou seest that a diligent man in his business standeth before Kings, and standeth not before the base sort.