1
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2
The rich and the poor meet together: Jehovah is the maker of them all.
3
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
4
The reward of humility [and] the fear of Jehovah [Is] riches, and honor, and life.
5
Thorns [and] snares are in the way of the perverse: He that keepeth his soul shall be far from them.
6
Train up a child in the way he should go, And even 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 calamity; And the rod of his wrath 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 scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.