New Living Translation NLT
New International Version NIV
1 Choose a good reputation over great riches; being held in high esteem is better than silver or gold.
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A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2 The rich and poor have this in common: The LORD made them both.
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Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
3 A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
4 True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life.
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Humility is the fear of the LORD; its wages are riches and honor and life.
5 Corrupt people walk a thorny, treacherous road; whoever values life will avoid it.
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In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls, but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
7 Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender.
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The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 Those who plant injustice will harvest disaster, and their reign of terror will come to an end.
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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 Blessed are those who are generous, because they feed the poor.
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The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.