| 1 | A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold. |
| 2 | The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all. |
| 3 | A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it. |
| 4 | The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh is wealth, honor, and life. |
| 5 | Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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 rule over the poor. The borrower is servant to the lender. |
| 8 | He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. |
| 9 | He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor. |
| 10 | Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. |
| 11 | He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend. |
| 12 | The eyes of Yahweh watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. |
| 13 | The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!" |
| 14 | The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit: he who is under Yahweh's wrath will fall into it. |
| 15 | Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him. |
| 16 | Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty. |
| 17 | Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching. |
| 18 | For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. |
| 19 | That your trust may be in Yahweh, I teach you today, even you. |
| 20 | Haven't I written to you thirty excellent things of counsel and knowledge, |
| 21 | To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? |
| 22 | Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; |
| 23 | for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. |
| 24 | Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: |
| 25 | lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. |
| 26 | Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. |
| 27 | If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? |
| 28 | Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up. |
| 29 | Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men. |
