22 A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
    and favor is better than silver or gold.^(A)
2 The rich and the poor have this in common:
    the Lord is the maker of them all.
³ The clever see danger and hide,
    but the simple go on and suffer for it.
⁴ The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
    is riches and honor and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
    the cautious will keep far from them.^(B)
6 Train children in the right way,
    and when old, they will not stray.^(C)
7 The rich rule over the poor,
    and the borrower is the slave of the lender.^(D)
8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and the rod of anger will fail.^(E)
9 Those who are generous are blessed,
    for they share their bread with the poor.^(F)
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
    quarreling and abuse will cease.^(G)
11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
    will have the king as a friend.^(H)
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he overthrows the words of the faithless.^(I)
13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I shall be killed in the streets!”^(J)
14 The mouth of a loose woman^[a] is a deep pit;
    he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
    but the rod of discipline drives it far away.^(K)
16 Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
    and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss.

Incline your ear and hear my words^[b]
    and apply your mind to my teaching,
¹⁸ for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹ So that your trust may be in the Lord,
    I have made them known to you today, yes, to you.^(L)
20 Have I not written for you thirty^[c] sayings
    of admonition and knowledge,^(M)
21 to show you what is right and true,
    so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?^(N)

²² Do not rob the poor because they are poor
    or crush the afflicted at the gate,^(O)
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
    and despoils of life those who despoil them.^(P)
24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
    and do not associate with hotheads,
²⁵ lest you learn their ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.
²⁶ Do not be one of those who give pledges,
    who become surety for debts.^(Q)
27 If you have nothing with which to pay,
    why should your bed be taken from under you?
²⁸ Do not remove the ancient landmark
    that your ancestors set up.^(R)
29 Do you see those who are skillful in their work?
    They will serve kings;
    they will not serve common people.^(S)