On Life and Conduct
A agood name is to be more desired than great wealth,Favor is better than silver and gold.Prov 10:7; Eccl 7:12 The rich and the poor 1have a common bond,The LORD is the amaker of them all.Lit meet togetherJob 31:15; Prov 14:313 The aprudent sees the evil and hides himself,But the 1naive go on, and are punished for it.Lit simpleProv 14:16; 27:12; Is 26:204 The reward of humility and the 1fear of the LORDAre riches, honor and life.Or reverence5 aThorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;He who guards himself will be far from them.Prov 15:196 aTrain up a child 1in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it.Lit according to his wayEph 6:47 The arich rules over the poor,And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.Prov 18:23; James 2:68 He who asows iniquity will reap vanity,And the brod of his fury will perish.Job 4:8Ps 125:39 He who 1is agenerous will be blessed,For he bgives some of his food to the poor.Lit has a good eyeProv 19:17; 2 Cor 9:6Luke 14:1310 aDrive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,Even strife and dishonor will cease.Gen 21:9, 10; Prov 18:6; 26:2011 He who loves apurity of heartAnd 1whose speech is bgracious, the king is his friend.Lit has grace on his lipsPs 24:4; Matt 5:8Prov 14:35; 16:1312 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.13 The asluggard says, “There is a lion outside;I will be killed in the streets!”Prov 26:1314 The mouth of 1aan adulteress is a deep pit;He who is bcursed of the LORD will fall 2into it.Lit strange womanLit thereProv 2:16; 5:3; 7:5; 23:27Eccl 7:2615 Foolishness 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 poverty.Lit muchEccl 5:8; James 2:13Prov 28:22
17 aIncline your ear and hear the words of the wise,And apply your mind to my knowledge;Prov 5:118 For it will be apleasant if you keep them within you,1That they may be ready on your lips.Lit They togetherProv 2:1019 So that your atrust may be in the LORD,I have 1taught you today, even you.Lit made you knowProv 3:520 Have I not written to you 1aexcellent thingsOf counsels and knowledge,Or previousProv 8:621 To make you aknow the 1certainty of the words of truthThat you may 2bcorrectly answer him who sent you?Lit truthLit return to words of truthLuke 1:3, 4Prov 25:13; 1 Pet 3:15
22 aDo not rob the poor because he is poor,Or bcrush the afflicted at the gate;Ex 23:6; Job 31:16; Prov 22:16Zech 7:10; Mal 3:523 For the LORD will aplead their caseAnd 1take the life of those who rob them.Lit rob the soul1 Sam 25:39; Ps 12:5; 35:10; 140:12; Prov 23:11; Jer 51:36
24 Do not associate with a man given to anger;Or go with a ahot-tempered man,Prov 29:2225 Or you will alearn his waysAnd 1find a snare for yourself.Lit take1 Cor 15:33
26 Do not be among those who agive 1pledges,Among those who become guarantors for debts.Lit strike handsProv 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 have set.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