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