1 eA good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
2 fThe rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is gthe Maker of them all.
3 hThe prudent sees danger and hides himself,
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.1
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not idepart from it.
7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8 jWhoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.
9 Whoever has a bountiful2 eye will be blessed,
for khe shares his bread with the poor.
10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and lquarreling and abuse will cease.
11 He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
13 mThe sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of forbidden3 women is na deep pit;
ohe with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15 pFolly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of qdiscipline drives it far from him.
16 Whoever roppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Words of the Wise
17 sIncline your ear, and hear tthe words of the wise,
and apply your heart to my knowledge,
18 for it will be upleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21 to make you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus
1 xWhen Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples across the brook Kidron, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. 2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, for Jesus often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. 4 Then Jesus, yknowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, z“Whom do you seek?” 5 They answered him, “Jesus of Nazareth.” Jesus said to them, a“I am he.”1 Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. 6 When Jesus2 said to them, “I am he,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 So he asked them again, “Whom do you seek?” And they said, “Jesus of Nazareth.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go.” 9 bThis was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: c“Of those whom you gave me dI have lost not one.” 10 Then Simon Peter, having a esword, drew it and struck the high priest’s fservant3 and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into its sheath; shall I not drink the gcup that the Father has given me?”
Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas
12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews4 arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest hthat year. 14 iIt was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.
