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.

7  The rich rules over the poor,

and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

9  Whoever has a bountiful¹ eye will be blessed,

for ^khe shares his bread with the poor.

16  Whoever ^roppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,

or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

26  Be not one of those who ^zgive pledges,

who put up security for debts.

27  If you have nothing with which to pay,

why should your bed be taken from under you?