4  ^gRiches do not profit in the day of wrath,

^hbut righteousness delivers from death.

15  ^tWhoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm,

but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.

18  The wicked earns deceptive wages,

but one who ^xsows righteousness gets a sure reward.

9  Better to be lowly and have a servant

than to play the great man and lack bread.

11  ^gWealth gained hastily¹ will dwindle,

but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

20  ^eThe poor is disliked even by his neighbor,

^fbut the rich has many friends.

6  In the house of the righteous there is much treasure,

but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.

8  ^xBetter is a little with righteousness

than great revenues with injustice.

11  ^lA rich man’s wealth is his strong city,

and like a high wall in his imagination.

17  ^cWhoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,

and he ^dwill repay him for his ^edeed.

14  “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,

but when he goes away, then he boasts.

21  ⁱAn inheritance gained hastily in the beginning

will not be blessed in the end.

17  Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;

he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

26  Be not one of those who ^ygive pledges,

who put up security for debts.

27  If you have nothing with which to pay,

why should ^zyour bed be taken from under you?

4  ^dDo not toil to acquire wealth;

^ebe discerning enough to desist.

5  When your eyes light on it, it is gone,

^ffor suddenly it sprouts wings,

flying like an eagle toward heaven.

7  Two things I ask of you;

deny them not to me ^wbefore I die:

8  Remove far from me falsehood and lying;

give me neither poverty nor riches;

feed me with the food that is ^xneedful for me,

9  lest I be ^yfull and ^zdeny you

and say, ^a“Who is the Lord?”

or lest I be poor and steal

^band profane the name of my God.