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;