1  ^pA good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,

and favor is better than silver or gold.

2  ^qThe rich and the poor meet together;

the Lord is ^rthe Maker of them all.

3  ^sThe 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 ^triches and honor and life.¹

5  ^uThorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;

whoever ^vguards his soul will keep far from them.

6  ^wTrain up a child in the way he should go;

even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7  ^xThe rich rules over the poor,

and the borrower is the slave of the lender.

8  Whoever ^ysows injustice will reap calamity,

and ^zthe rod of his fury will fail.

9  ^aWhoever has a bountiful² eye will be blessed,

for he ^bshares his bread with the poor.

10  ^cDrive out a scoffer, ^dand strife will go out,

and ^equarreling and abuse will cease.

11  He who ^floves purity of heart,

and whose ^gspeech is gracious, ^hwill have the king as his friend.

12  The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,

but he ⁱoverthrows the words of the traitor.

13  ^jThe sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!

I shall be killed in the streets!”

14  The mouth of ^kforbidden³ women is ^la deep pit;

^mhe with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.

15  Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but ⁿthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16  Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,

or gives to the rich, ^owill only come to poverty.