A good name
is rather to be chosen
than great
riches,
and loving
favour
rather than silver
and gold.
The rich
and poor
meet together:
the LORD
is the maker
of them all.
A prudent
man foreseeth
the evil,
and hideth
himself: but the simple
pass on,
and are punished.
By
humility
and the fear
of the LORD
are riches,
and honour,
and life.
Thorns
and snares
are in the way
of the froward:
he that doth keep
his soul
shall be far
from them.
Train up
a child
in the way
he should go:
and when he is old,
he will not depart
from it.
The rich
ruleth
over the poor,
and the borrower
is servant
to the lender.
He that soweth
iniquity
shall reap
vanity:
and the rod
of his anger
shall fail.
He that hath a bountiful
eye
shall be blessed;
for he giveth
of his bread
to the poor.
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διατραφήσεται
diatraphēsetai
Cast out
the scorner,
and contention
shall go out;
yea, strife
and reproach
shall cease.
He that loveth
pureness
of heart,
for the grace
of his lips
the king
shall be his friend.
The eyes
of the LORD
preserve
knowledge,
and he overthroweth
the words
of the transgressor.
The slothful
man saith,
There is a lion
without,
I shall be slain
in
the streets.
The mouth
of strange women
is a deep
pit:
he that is abhorred
of the LORD
shall fall
therein.
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βόθρος
bothros
acting contrary to law
παρανόμου
paranomou
Foolishness
is bound
in the heart
of a child;
but the rod
of correction
shall drive it far
from him.
He that oppresseth
the poor
to increase
his riches, and he that giveth
to the rich,
shall surely come to want.
Bow down
thine ear,
and hear
the words
of the wise,
and apply
thine heart
unto my knowledge.
For it is a pleasant thing
if thou keep
them within
thee; they shall withal
be fitted
in thy lips.
That thy trust
may be in the LORD,
I have made known
to thee this day,
even to thee.
Have not I written
to thee
excellent things
in counsels
and knowledge,
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
unto thee?
Rob
not the poor,
because he is poor:
neither oppress
the afflicted
in the gate:
For the LORD
will plead
their cause,
and spoil
the soul
of those that spoiled
them.
Make no friendship
with an angry
man;
and with a furious
man
thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn
his ways,
and get
a snare
to thy soul.
Be not thou one of them that strike
hands,
or of them that are sureties
for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay,
why should he take away
thy bed
from under thee?
Remove
not the ancient
landmark,
which thy fathers
have set.
Seest
thou a man
diligent
in his business?
he shall stand
before
kings;
he shall not stand
before
mean
men.
