19 Better to be poor and honest than rich^[a] and dishonest.

^15-16 My son, how I will rejoice if you become a man of common sense. Yes, my heart will thrill to your thoughtful, wise words.

24 Don’t envy godless men; don’t even enjoy their company. ² For they spend their days plotting violence and cheating.

⁷ In the mouth of a fool a proverb becomes as useless as a paralyzed leg.