1 A name is more desirable than great riches, and good favor is better than silver and gold.
2 Rich and poor have this in common: the LORD made them all.
3 A shrewd man sees danger and hides, but the simple go right on and suffer for it.
4 The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is riches, honor and life.
5 Thorns and traps lie in the path of the crooked; one who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 Train a child in keeping with his way; even when he grows old he will not turn from it.
7 The rich man lords it over the poor, and the borrower becomes the lender's slave.
8 One who sows wrongdoing will harvest trouble, and the rod of his rage will come to an end.
9 One with a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 Throw out the scoffer, and conflict will leave; strife and insult will stop.
11 One who loves a pure heart and has gracious speech will have the king for a friend.
12 The eyes of the LORD protect knowledge, but he overturns the words of the faithless.
13 The lazy man says, "There is a lion out there! I will be murdered in the street!"
14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit; the one the LORD is angry with will fall in.
15 Folly is tied fast to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, or giving to the rich, leads only to poverty.
17 Turn your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and set your heart on my knowledge;
18 for it is a pleasant thing if you keep them deep within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 So that your confidence may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, yes, you.
20 Have I not written for you excellent things of counsel and knowledge,
21 to teach you what is right and true, so that you can bring back a true report to those who sent you?
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the needy in the gate;
23 for the LORD will take up their case and take the life of those who rob them.
24 Do not make friends with a man given to anger, or go about with a hot-tempered man,
25 or you may learn his ways and set a trap for your own soul.
26 Do not be among those who give their hand in pledge, who stand surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing to pay with, why should your bed be taken out from under you?
28 Do not shift the ancient boundary marker that your fathers set up.
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.