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^1 (a)A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.
^2 (b)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is ^(c)the Maker of them all.
^3 (d)The prudent sees danger and hides himself,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is ^(e)riches and honor and life.^[a]
5 (f)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
    whoever ^(g)guards his soul will keep far from them.
^6 (h)Train up a child in the way he should go;
    even when he is old he will not depart from it.
^7 (i)The rich rules over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
⁸ Whoever ^(j)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and ^(k)the rod of his fury will fail.
^9 (l)Whoever has a bountiful^[b] eye will be blessed,
    for he ^(m)shares his bread with the poor.
^10 (n)Drive out a scoffer, ^(o)and strife will go out,
    and ^(p)quarreling and abuse will cease.
¹¹ He who ^(q)loves purity of heart,
    and whose ^(r)speech is gracious, ^(s)will have the king as his friend.
¹² The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he ^(t)overthrows the words of the traitor.
^13 (u)The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!"
¹⁴ The mouth of ^(v)forbidden^[c] women is ^(w)a deep pit;
    ^(x)he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but ^(y)the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
    or gives to the rich, ^(z)will only come to poverty.

^17 (aa)Incline your ear, and hear ^(ab)the words of the wise,
    ^(ac)and apply your heart to my knowledge,
¹⁸ for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹ That your trust may be in the Lord,
    I have made them known to you today, even to you.
²⁰ Have I not written for you ^(ad)thirty sayings
    of counsel and knowledge,
²¹ to ^(ae)make you know what is right and true,
    that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

^22 (af)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
    or ^(ag)crush the afflicted at ^(ah)the gate,
²³ for ^(ai)the Lord will plead their cause
    and rob of life those who rob them.
²⁴ Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
    nor go with a wrathful man,
²⁵ lest you learn his ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.
²⁶ Be not one of those who ^(aj)give pledges,
    who put up security for debts.
²⁷ If you have nothing with which to pay,
    why should ^(ak)your bed be taken from under you?
²⁸ Do not move the ancient ^(al)landmark
    that your fathers have set.
²⁹ Do you see a man skillful in his work?
    He will ^(am)stand before kings;
    he will not stand before obscure men.