Yahweh Is the Maker of All
A agood name is to be chosen over great wealth,Favor is better than silver and gold.Prov 10:7; Eccl 7:12 The rich and the poor meet together in this—Yahweh is the aMaker of them all.Job 31:15; Prov 14:313 A aprudent man sees evil and hides,But the simple pass on, and are punished.Prov 14:16; 27:12; Is 26:204 The reward of humility—the 1fear of Yahweh—Is riches, glory, and life.Or reverence5 aThorns and snares are in the way of the crooked;He who keeps his soul will be far from them.Prov 15:196 1aTrain up a child 2according to his way,Even when he is old he will not 3depart from it.Lit DedicateOr in the way he should go, according to his own wayLit turn awayEph 6:47 The arich rules over the poor,And the borrower is the slave of the lender.Prov 18:23; James 2:68 He who asows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,And the brod of his fury will end.Job 4:8Ps 125:39 He who 1is agenerous will be blessed,For he bgives from his food to the poor.Lit has a good eyeProv 19:17; 2 Cor 9:6Luke 14:1310 aDrive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,Even contention and disgrace will cease.Gen 21:9, 10; Prov 18:6; 26:2011 He who loves apurity of heartAnd bgrace on his lips, the king is his friend.Ps 24:4; Matt 5:8Prov 14:35; 16:1312 The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge,But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.13 The asluggard says, “There is a lion outside;I will be killed in the streets!”Prov 26:1314 The mouth of astrange women is a deep pit;He who is bcursed of Yahweh will fall 1into it.Lit thereProv 2:16; 5:3; 7:5; 23:27Eccl 7:2615 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;The arod of discipline will remove it far from him.Prov 13:24; 23:1416 He awho oppresses the poor to make 1more for himselfOr who gives to the rich bwill only come to lack.Lit muchEccl 5:8; James 2:13Prov 28:22
17 aIncline your ear and hear the words of the wise,And set your heart on my knowledge;Prov 5:118 For it will be apleasant if you keep them within you,1That they may be established on your lips.Lit They togetherProv 2:1019 So that your atrust may be in Yahweh,I have made you know today, even you.Prov 3:520 Have I not written to you 1aexcellent thingsOf counsels and knowledge,Lit thirty sayingsProv 8:621 To make you aknow the veracity of the words of truthThat you may 1brespond with the words of truth to him who sent you?Lit returnLuke 1:3, 4Prov 25:13; 1 Pet 3:15
22 aDo not rob the poor because he is poor,And do not bcrush the afflicted at the gate;Ex 23:6; Job 31:16; Prov 22:16Zech 7:10; Mal 3:523 For Yahweh will aplead their caseAnd rob the soul of those who rob them.1 Sam 25:39; Ps 12:5; 35:10; 140:12; Prov 23:11; Jer 51:36
24 Do not befriend a man of anger;And do not come along with a man of agreat wrath,Prov 29:2225 Lest you alearn his waysAnd take on a snare against your soul.1 Cor 15:33
26 Do not be among those who astrike 1hands in pledge,Among those who become guarantors for debts.Lit palmsProv 17:1827 If you have nothing with which to pay,Why should he atake your bed from under you?Ex 22:26; Prov 20:16
28 aDo not move the ancient boundaryWhich your fathers made.Deut 19:14; 27:17; Job 24:2; Prov 23:10
29 Do you see a man skilled in his work?He will astand before kings;He will not stand before obscure men.Gen 41:46; 1 Kin 10:8