Bible Reading Plan

¹ A good name is to be chosen over great wealth;
favor is better than silver and gold.^(a)

² The rich and the poor have this in common:^[a]
the Lord made them both.^[b](b)

³ A sensible person sees danger and takes cover,
but the inexperienced keep going and are punished.^(c)

⁴ The result of humility is fear of the Lord ,
along with wealth, honor, and life.^(d)

⁵ There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked;^(e)
the one who guards himself stays far from them.

⁶ Teach a youth about the way he should go;^(f)
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

⁷ The rich rule over the poor,^(g)
and the borrower is a slave to the lender.^(h)

⁸ The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,⁽ⁱ⁾
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

⁹ A generous person^[c] will be blessed,^(j)
for he shares his food with the poor.^(k)

¹⁰ Drive out a mocker,^(l) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.^(m)

¹¹ The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.⁽ⁿ⁾

¹² The Lord 's eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.

¹³ The slacker says, "There's a lion outside!
I'll be killed in the public square!"^(o)

¹⁴ The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.^(p)

¹⁵ Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth;
the rod of discipline will drive it away from him.^(q)

¹⁶ Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.^(r)

¹⁷ Listen closely,^[d] pay attention to the words of the wise,^(s)
and apply your mind to my knowledge.
¹⁸ For it is pleasing if you keep them within you
and if^[e] they are constantly on your lips.
¹⁹ I have instructed you today—even you—
so that your confidence may be in the Lord .
²⁰ Haven't I written for you thirty sayings^[f]
about counsel and knowledge,
²¹ in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report^[g](t)
to those who sent you?^(u)

²² Don't rob a poor man because he is poor,
and don't crush the oppressed^(v) at the gate,^(w)
23 for the Lord will take up their case^(x)
and will plunder those who plunder them.

²⁴ Don't make friends with an angry man,^[h]
and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man,^(y)
25 or you will learn his ways^(z)
and entangle yourself in a snare.

²⁶ Don't be one of those who enter agreements,^[i]
who put up security for loans.^(aa)
27 If you have no money to pay,
even your bed will be taken from under you.^(ab)

²⁸ Don't move an ancient boundary marker
that your fathers set up.^(ac)

²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand in the presence of kings.
He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.^(ad)