1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

<>A good name, <>silver and gold

2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

<>poor, <>the LORD is the maker

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

<>prudent

4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

<>humility, <>honour

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

<>in the way, <>froward

6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

<>Train up a child in the way he should go, <>child

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

<>the borrower is servant to the lender, <>servant

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

<>he giveth of his bread to the poor, <>bread

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

<>Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out, <>scorner, <>strife

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

<>v. 11, <>the grace of his lips

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

<>v. 13, <>slothful

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

<>strange women, <>he that is abhorred of the LORD, <>abhorred

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

<>v. 15, <>the rod of correction, <>correction

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

<>hear the words of the wise, <>apply thine heart unto my knowledge

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

<>keep them within thee

19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

<>That thy trust may be in the LORD

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

<>vv. 20-21, <>Have not I written, <>excellent things

21 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?

<>vv. 20-21, <>the words of truth … the words of truth

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

<>Rob not, <>the gate

23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

<>vv. 24-25

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

<>vv. 24-25, <>his ways

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

<>v. 26, <>strike hands

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

<>Remove not the ancient landmark

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

<>Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings, <>mean