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¹ A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favor rather than silver and gold.

² The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

³ A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

⁴ By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honor, and life.

⁵ Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and 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 vanity: and the rod of his anger 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 scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

¹¹ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.

¹² The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

¹³ The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

¹⁴ The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.

¹⁵ Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches], [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

¹⁷ Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.¹⁸ For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.¹⁹ That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.²⁰ Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,²¹ That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

²² Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:²³ For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

²⁶ Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

²⁸ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].