1pA good name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
and favor is better than silver or gold.
2qThe rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is rthe Maker of them all.
3sThe prudent sees danger and hides himself,
but the simple go on and suffer for it.
4The reward for humility and fear of the Lord
is triches and honor and life.1
5uThorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;
whoever vguards his soul will keep far from them.
6wTrain up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7xThe rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8Whoever ysows injustice will reap calamity,
and zthe rod of his fury will fail.
9aWhoever has a bountiful2 eye will be blessed,
for he bshares his bread with the poor.
10cDrive out a scoffer, dand strife will go out,
and equarreling and abuse will cease.
11He who floves purity of heart,
and whose gspeech is gracious, hwill have the king as his friend.
12The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he ioverthrows the words of the traitor.
13jThe sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
14The mouth of kforbidden3 women is la deep pit;
mhe with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but nthe rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, owill only come to poverty.
Words of the Wise
17pIncline your ear, and hear qthe words of the wise,
rand apply your heart to my knowledge,
18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
19That your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.
20Have I not written for you sthirty sayings
of counsel and knowledge,
21to tmake you know what is right and true,
that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22uDo not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or vcrush the afflicted at wthe gate,
23for xthe Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.
24Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
26Be not one of those who ygive pledges,
who put up security for debts.
27If you have nothing with which to pay,
why should zyour bed be taken from under you?
28Do not move the ancient alandmark
that your fathers have set.
29Do you see a man skillful in his work?
He will bstand before kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.
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Unlocking Treasure in the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 1:1–31:31 Series • ID: 24301Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.