1A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.studyinterlinear
2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.studyinterlinear
3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.studyinterlinear
4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.studyinterlinear
5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.studyinterlinear
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.studyinterlinear
7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.studyinterlinear
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.studyinterlinear
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.studyinterlinear
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.studyinterlinear
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.studyinterlinear
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.studyinterlinear
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.studyinterlinear
14The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.studyinterlinear
15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.studyinterlinear
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.studyinterlinear
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.studyinterlinear
18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.studyinterlinear
19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.studyinterlinear
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,studyinterlinear
21That 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?studyinterlinear
22Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:studyinterlinear
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.studyinterlinear
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:studyinterlinear
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.studyinterlinear
26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.studyinterlinear
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?studyinterlinear
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.studyinterlinear
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.studyinterlinear