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[1] A good name is more desirable than great riches,
and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
[2] The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
[3] A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[4] The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
[5] Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
whoever guards his soul stays from them.
[6] Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
[7] The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
[8] He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
[9] He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
[10] Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
[11] He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
is the king’s friend.
[12] Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
[13] The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!”
[14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
[15] Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
[16] Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
both come to poverty. [17] Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.
[18] For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
[19] I teach you today, even you,
so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
[20] Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
of counsel and knowledge,
[21] To teach you truth, reliable words,
to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? [22] Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;
and don’t crush the needy in court;
[23] for Yahweh will plead their case,
and plunder the life of those who plunder them. [24] Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.
Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
[25] lest you learn his ways
and ensnare your soul. [26] Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
of those who are collateral for debts.
[27] If you don’t have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you? [28] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up. [29] Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve kings.
He won’t serve obscure men.
and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
[2] The rich and the poor have this in common:
Yahweh is the maker of them all.
[3] A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
[4] The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
[5] Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
whoever guards his soul stays from them.
[6] Train up a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
[7] The rich rule over the poor.
The borrower is servant to the lender.
[8] He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
[9] He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
for he shares his food with the poor.
[10] Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
[11] He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
is the king’s friend.
[12] Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
[13] The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets!”
[14] The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
[15] Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
[16] Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
both come to poverty. [17] Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
Apply your heart to my teaching.
[18] For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
[19] I teach you today, even you,
so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
[20] Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
of counsel and knowledge,
[21] To teach you truth, reliable words,
to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? [22] Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;
and don’t crush the needy in court;
[23] for Yahweh will plead their case,
and plunder the life of those who plunder them. [24] Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.
Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
[25] lest you learn his ways
and ensnare your soul. [26] Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
of those who are collateral for debts.
[27] If you don’t have means to pay,
why should he take away your bed from under you? [28] Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
which your fathers have set up. [29] Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve kings.
He won’t serve obscure men.
King James Version
[1] A [good] nameH8034 [is] rather to be chosenH977(NiphPtc) than greatH7227 riches,H6239 [and] lovingH2896 favourH2580 rather than silverH3701 and gold.H2091 [2] The richH6223 and poorH7326(QalActPtc) meet together:H6298(NiphPerf) the LordH3068 [is] the makerH6213(QalActPtc) of them all. [3] A prudentH6175 [man] foreseethH7200(QalPerf) the evil,H7451 and hidethH5641(NiphPerf/Qere) himself: but the simpleH6612 pass on,H5674(QalPerf) and are punished.H6064(NiphPerf) [4] ByH6118 humilityH6038 [and] the fearH3374 of the LordH3068 [are] riches,H6239 and honour,H3519 and life.H2416 [5] ThornsH6791 [and] snaresH6341 [are] in the wayH1870 of the froward:H6141 he that doth keepH8104(QalActPtc) his soulH5315 shall be farH7368(QalImpf) from them. [6] Train upH2596(QalImpv) a childH5288 in the wayH1870 he should go:H6310 and when he is old,H2204(HiphImpf) he will not departH5493(QalImpf) from it. [7] The richH6223 rulethH4910(QalImpf) over the poor,H7326(QalActPtc) and the borrowerH3867(QalPtc) [is] servantH5650 to the lender.H376 [8] He that sowethH2232(QalActPtc) iniquityH5766 shall reapH7114(QalImpf) vanity:H205 and the rodH7626 of his angerH5678 shall fail.H3615(QalImpf) [9] He that hath a bountifulH2896 eyeH5869 shall be blessed;H1288(PualImpf) for he givethH5414(QalPerf) of his breadH3899 to the poor.H1800 [10] Cast outH1644(PielInf) the scorner,H3887(QalPtc) and contentionH4066 shall go out;H3318(QalImpf) yea, strifeH1779 and reproachH7036 shall cease.H7673(QalImpf) [11] He that lovethH157(QalActPtc) purenessH2890(Qere) of heart,H3820 [for] the graceH2580 of his lipsH8193 the kingH4428 [shall be] his friend.H7453 [12] The eyesH5869 of the LordH3068 preserveH5341(QalPerf) knowledge,H1847 and he overthrowethH5557(PielImpf) the wordsH1697 of the transgressor.H898(QalActPtc) [13] The slothfulH6102 [man] saith,H559(QalPerf) [There is] a lionH738 without,H2351 I shall be slainH7523(NiphImpf) inH8432 the streets.H7339 [14] The mouthH6310 of strange womenH2114(QalPtc) [is] a deepH6013 pit:H7745 he that is abhorredH2194(QalPasPtc) of the LordH3068 shall fallH5307(QalImpf) therein. [15] FoolishnessH200 [is] boundH7194(QalPasPtc) in the heartH3820 of a child;H5288 [but] the rodH7626 of correctionH4148 shall drive it farH7368(HiphImpf) from him. [16] He that oppressethH6231(QalActPtc) the poorH1800 to increaseH7235(HiphInf) his [riches, and] he that givethH5414(QalActPtc) to the rich,H6223 [shall] surely [come] to want.H4270 [17] Bow downH5186(HiphImpv) thine ear,H241 and hearH8085(QalImpv) the wordsH1697 of the wise,H2450 and applyH7896(QalImpf) thine heartH3820 unto my knowledge.H1847 [18] For [it is] a pleasant thingH5273 if thou keepH8104(QalImpf) them withinH990 thee; they shall withalH3162 be fittedH3559(NiphImpf) in thy lips.H8193 [19] That thy trustH4009 may be in the Lord,H3068 I have made knownH3045(HiphPerf) to thee this day,H3117 even to thee. [20] Have not I writtenH3789(QalPerf) to theeH8032 excellent thingsH7991 in counselsH4156 and knowledge,H1847 [21] That I might make thee knowH3045(HiphInf) the certaintyH7189 of the wordsH561 of truth;H571 that thou mightest answerH7725(HiphInf) the wordsH561 of truthH571 to them that sendH7971(QalActPtc) unto thee? [22] RobH1497(QalImpf) not the poor,H1800 because he [is] poor:H1800 neither oppressH1792(PielImpf) the afflictedH6041 in the gate:H8179 [23] For the LordH3068 will pleadH7378(QalImpf) their cause,H7379 and spoilH6906(QalPerf) the soulH5315 of those that spoiledH6906(QalActPtc) them. [24] Make no friendshipH7462(HithImpf) with an angryH639 man;H1167 and with a furiousH2534 manH376 thou shalt not go:H935(QalImpf) [25] Lest thou learnH502(QalImpf) his ways,H734 and getH3947(QalPerf) a snareH4170 to thy soul.H5315 [26] Be not thou [one] of them that strikeH8628(QalActPtc) hands,H3709 [or] of them that are suretiesH6148(QalActPtc) for debts.H4859 [27] If thou hast nothing to pay,H7999(PielInf) why should he take awayH3947(QalImpf) thy bedH4904 from under thee? [28] RemoveH5253(HiphImpf) not the ancientH5769 landmark,H1366 which thy fathersH1 have set.H6213(QalPerf) [29] SeestH2372(QalPerf) thou a manH376 diligentH4106 in his business?H4399 he shall standH3320(HithImpf) beforeH6440 kings;H4428 he shall not standH3320(HithImpf) beforeH6440 meanH2823 [men].
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