| 1. | A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace. |
| 2. | Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all `is' Jehovah. |
| 3. | The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished. |
| 4. | The end of humility `is' the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life. |
| 5. | Thorns -- snares `are' in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them. |
| 6. | Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it. |
| 7. | The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant `is' the borrower to the lender. |
| 8. | Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out. |
| 9. | The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor. |
| 10. | Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease. |
| 11. | Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace `are' his lips, a king `is' his friend. |
| 12. | The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous. |
| 13. | The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.' |
| 14. | A deep pit `is' the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there. |
| 15. | Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him. |
| 16. | He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want. |
| 17. | Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, |
| 18. | For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. |
| 19. | That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou. |
| 20. | Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge? |
| 21. | To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee. |
| 22. | Rob not the poor because he `is' poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. |
| 23. | For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers. |
| 24. | Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in, |
| 25. | Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul. |
| 26. | Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties `for' burdens. |
| 27. | If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee? |
| 28. | Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made. |
| 29. | Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men! |