1More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace.
2The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.
3A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.
4The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.
5Thorns and snares, are in the way of the perverse,—he that guardeth his soul, shall be far from them.
6Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.
7The rich, over the poor, beareth rule,—and, slave, is the borrower to the lender.
8He that soweth perversity, shall reap trouble, and, the rod of his wrath, shall be ready.
9A benevolent eye, the same, shall be blessed,—because he hath given of his bread to the poor.
10Drive away the scoffer, that strife may depart, and quarrel, and contempt may cease.
11Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
12The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
13Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
14A deep chasm, is the mouth of strange women, he with whom Yahweh is indignant, falleth there.
15Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
16He that oppresseth the poor, to make increase for himself, giving to the rich, shall surely come to want.
17Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;
18For sweet shall they be, when thou shalt keep them in thine inmost mind, they shall fit well together, upon thy lips.
19That in Yahweh may be thy trust, I have made them known to thee to-day, even to thee.
20Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge:
21To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.
22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, neither crush thou the oppressed in the gate;
23For, Yahweh, will plead their cause, and will despoil their despoilers of life.
24Do not have friendship with one given to anger, and, with a wrathful man, shall thou not enter in:
25Lest thou learn his ways, and take a snare to thy soul.
26Be not of them who strike hands, of them who are sureties for debts:
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should one take away thy bed from under thee?
28Do not move back the ancient boundary, which thy father’s made.
29Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.