LEB(i)
1 A ⌊reputation⌋* is to be chosen ⌊rather than⌋* great riches; ⌊favor is better than silver and gold⌋.*
2 Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3 The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
4 The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself* will keep away from them.
6 Train the child ⌊concerning his way⌋;* even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
7 The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of ⌊the lender⌋.*
8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
9 He who ⌊is generous⌋* will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
10 Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.
11 He who loves purity of heart and has⌊gracious speech⌋,* his friend is the king.
12 The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.
13 A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"
14 A deep pit is the mouth of an ⌊adulteress⌋,* he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart* of a boy;* the rod of discipline will drive it* from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor in order to enrich himself, or gives to the rich, ⌊will come to poverty⌋.*
17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart* to my teaching.
18 For it is pleasant if you guard them ⌊within you⌋;* together they will be ready upon your lips.
19 In order for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made them known to you ⌊today⌋*—even* you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings with admonitions and knowledge?
21 In order to show you what is right—sayings of truth— in order to return a true saying to him who sent you.
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.*
24 Do not befriend an owner* of ⌊anger⌋,* and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;
25 lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.*
26 Do not be with those who ⌊give a pledge⌋* ⌊by becoming⌋* surety.
27 If there is nothing for you to pay,* why will he take your bed from under you?
28 Do not remove an ancient boundary marker which your ancestors* made.
29 A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.