1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. (جا 7:1)2The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. (أي 31:15; أم 14:31; أم 29:13)3The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. (أم 14:16; أم 27:12)4The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.[1] (أم 21:20)5Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. (أم 15:19; أم 21:23; 1يو 5:18)6Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (أف 6:4; 2تي 3:15)7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. (يع 2:6)8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. (أي 4:8; إش 14:6; إش 30:31; هو 10:13)9Whoever has a bountiful[2] eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. (أم 19:17; لو 14:13; 2كو 9:6)10Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. (تك 21:9; أم 26:20)11He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. (مز 101:6; أم 14:35; أم 16:13; جا 10:12)12The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. (أم 11:3; أم 21:12)13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” (أم 26:13)14The mouth of forbidden[3] women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it. (أم 2:16; أم 23:27; جا 7:26)15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. (أم 13:24)16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. (أم 28:22)
Words of the Wise
17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, (أم 1:6; أم 5:1; أم 23:12; أم 24:23)18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.19That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, (أم 8:6)21to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? (لو 1:3)22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, (خر 23:6; أي 5:4; أي 31:21; زك 7:10; ملا 3:5)23for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. (1صم 25:39; مز 12:5; مز 35:10; مز 68:5; مز 140:12; أم 23:11; إر 51:36)24Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.26Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. (أي 17:3)27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? (خر 22:26; أم 20:16)28Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. (تث 19:14; تث 27:17; أي 24:2; أم 23:10; هو 5:10)29Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. (تك 41:46; 1مل 10:8)