Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
A good
name is more
desirable
than great
riches;
favor
is
better
than silver and gold.
A name is chosen
rather
than much
wealth,
Than silver and than
gold --
good
grace
.
The
rich and the
poor have this
in
common:
The LORD
is
Maker of them all.
Rich and poor have met
together,
The Maker of them all `is'
Jehovah
.
The prudent see
danger
and take
cover
, but
the simple keep
going
and suffer
the
consequences
.
The prudent hath
seen
the
evil,
and is
hidden
, And
the simple have
passed
on,
and are
punished
.
The rewards
of humility and
the fear of the
LORD
are
wealth
and honor
and life.
The end
of humility `is'
the fear of Jehovah,
Riches,
and honour,
and life.
Thorns and
snares lie
on
the path
of the perverse ;
he
who
guards
his soul stays
far from them.
Thorns --
snares `are'
in
the way
of the perverse ,
Whoso
is
keeping
his soul is
far from them.
Train
up
a child
in
the
way he
should
go
, and
when he is old he will
not depart
from it.
Give
instruction
to
a youth
about
his
way, Even
when he is old he turneth
not from it.
The rich rule
over the poor, and the borrower is
slave
to the lender.
The rich over the poor ruleth
, And a
servant
`is'
the borrower to the lender.
He
who
sows
injustice
will
reap
disaster
, and the rod of his fury
will
be
destroyed
.
Whoso
is
sowing
perverseness
reapeth
sorrow
, And the rod of his anger
weareth
out
.
A
generous
man
will
be
blessed, for he shares
his bread with
the poor.
The
good
of
eye
--
he
is
blessed, For he hath
given
of
his bread to
the poor.
Drive
out the
mocker
, and conflict
will
depart;
even
quarreling
and insults
will
cease.
Cast
out a
scorner
--
and
contention
goeth
out
, And strife
and shame
cease.
He
who
loves
a
pure
heart and
gracious
lips will
have
the
king
for
a friend.
Whoso
is
loving
cleanness
of
heart ,
Grace
`are'
his
lips ,
a king
`is'
his
friend.
The LORD’s
eyes keep
watch
over
knowledge, but
He frustrates
the words of the faithless
.
The eyes of
Jehovah
have
kept
knowledge, And
He overthroweth
the words of the treacherous
.
The slacker
says
, “There
is
a lion outside!
I
will
be
slain
in the streets!”
The slothful
hath
said
, `
A lion `is'
without,
In the midst
of
the
broad
places
I
am
slain.'
The
mouth
of
an
adulteress
is
a deep pit ;
he
who
is under
the wrath
of the LORD
will
fall
into
it
.
A deep pit `
is '
the mouth
of strange
women,
The abhorred
of
Jehovah
falleth
there
.
Foolishness
is bound up in the heart of a child
, but
the rod of discipline
drives
it far from him.
Folly
is bound up in the heart of a youth
, The rod of chastisement
putteth
it far from him.
Oppressing the poor to enrich
oneself
or
giving gifts
to the rich will
surely
lead
to poverty
.
He
is
oppressing the poor to multiply
to
him,
He
is
giving to the rich --
only
to want
.
Incline your
ear and hear the
words of the wise —
apply
your
mind
to my knowledge —
Incline thine
ear ,
and hear words of the wise ,
And
thy
heart
set
to my knowledge ,
for it
is
pleasing
when you
keep them within
you
and
they are constantly
on
your
lips.
For they
are
pleasant
when thou
dost
keep them in
thy
heart,
They are prepared
together
for
thy
lips.
So
that your
trust may be in the
LORD
, I instruct
you
today—yes
, you
.
That thy
trust may be in Jehovah
, I caused
thee
to
know
to-day
, even
thou
.
Have I not written for
you
thirty
sayings
about
counsel
and knowledge ,
Have I not written to
thee
three
times
With
counsels
and knowledge ?
to show
you
true
and
reliable
words
, that
you
may
soundly
answer
those who
sent
you?
To cause
thee
to
know
the
certainty
of
sayings
of
truth
, To
return
sayings
of
truth
to
those sending
thee.
Do
not
rob a
poor man
because he is poor, and do
not crush
the afflicted at
the gate ,
Rob not
the
poor because he `
is '
poor, And bruise
not the afflicted in
the gate .
for the
LORD
will
take
up
their case
and will
plunder
those
who
rob
them
.
For Jehovah
pleadeth
their cause,
And hath
spoiled
the
soul
of
their
spoilers
.
Do
not make
friends
with an angry man, and do
not
associate
with a hot-tempered
man,
Shew
not thyself
friendly
with an angry man, And with a man of
fury
go
not
in
,
or
you
may
learn his ways
and entangle
yourself
in
a snare.
Lest
thou
learn his paths,
And have
received
a snare to
thy
soul
.
Do
not
be one
who
gives
pledges
, who
puts
up
security
for debts
.
Be not
thou
among
those
striking
hands
, Among
sureties
`
for '
burdens
.
If you
have
nothing with
which
to pay, why should
your
bed be
taken
from under you
?
If thou
hast
nothing to pay, Why doth
he
take
thy
bed from under thee
?
Do
not move
an
ancient
boundary
stone
which
your
fathers have placed
.
Remove
not a
border
of
olden
times,
That
thy
fathers have made
.
Do
you
see
a man skilled
in his work
? He
will
be
stationed
in
the
presence
of
kings ;
he will
not stand
before obscure men .
Hast
thou
seen
a man speedy
in his business
? Before
kings he doth
station
himself,
He
stations
not himself
before obscure men !
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