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Yahweh Is the Maker of All

¹ A ^(C1)good name is to be chosen over great wealth,
Favor is better than silver and gold.

² The rich and the poor meet together in this—
Yahweh is the ^(C1)Maker of them all.

³ A ^(C1)prudent man sees evil and hides,
But the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁴ The reward of humility—the ^(F1)fear of Yahweh—
Is riches, glory, and life.

^5 (C1)Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
He who keeps his soul will be far from them.

^6 (F1)(C1)Train up a child ^(F2)according to his way,
Even when he is old he will not ^(F3)depart from it.

⁷ The ^(C1)rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

⁸ He who ^(C1)sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the ^(C2)rod of his fury will end.

⁹ He who ^(F1)is ^(C1)generous will be blessed,
For he ^(C2)gives from his food to the poor.

^10 (C1)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

¹¹ He who loves ^(C1)purity of heart
And ^(C2)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.

¹² The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,
But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.

¹³ The ^(C1)sluggard says, "There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!"

¹⁴ The mouth of ^(C1)strange women is a deep pit;
He who is ^(C2)cursed of Yahweh will fall ^(F1)into it.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
The ^(C1)rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

¹⁶ He ^(C1)who oppresses the poor to make ^(F1)more for himself
Or who gives to the rich ^(C2)will only come to lack.

^17 (C1)Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,
And set your heart on my knowledge;

¹⁸ For it will be ^(C1)pleasant if you keep them within you,
^(F1)That they may be established on your lips.

¹⁹ So that your ^(C1)trust may be in Yahweh,
I have made you know today, even you.

²⁰ Have I not written to you ^(F1)(C1)excellent things
Of counsels and knowledge,

²¹ To make you ^(C1)know the veracity of the words of truth
That you may ^(F1)(C2)respond with the words of truth to him who sent you?

^22 (C1)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
And do not ^(C2)crush the afflicted at the gate;

²³ For Yahweh will ^(C1)plead their case
And rob the soul of those who rob them.

²⁴ Do not befriend a man of anger;
And do not come along with a man of ^(C1)great wrath,

²⁵ Lest you ^(C1)learn his ways
And take on a snare against your soul.

²⁶ Do not be among those who ^(C1)strike ^(F1)hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.

²⁷ If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should he ^(C1)take your bed from under you?

^28 (C1)Do not move the ancient boundary
Which your fathers made.

²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will ^(C1)stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.