A good name is more desirable than great wealth; being esteemed is better than silver or gold.

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all.

The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

The reward for humility and the fear of the LORD is riches, honor, and life.

By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the path of the crooked; whoever guards their soul will stay far from them.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart 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 rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Whoever sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will fail.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

The generous person will be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Drive out the mocker, and conflict will go away; strife and insults will cease.

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

One who loves a pure heart and speaks with grace will have the king as his friend.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge, but He overturns the words of the treacherous.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.

The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

One who oppresses the poor to increase their wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich will both come to poverty.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my knowledge.

Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

For it is pleasant when you keep them within you; they will be ready on your lips all together.

For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today—even you.

That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge?

Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

To make you know the certainty of true words, so that you can give truthful answers to those who send you?

That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

For the LORD will plead their case and will rob of life those who rob them.

For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, and do not associate with one easily angered.

Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Or you may learn their ways and set a trap for your soul.

Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge, or who puts up security for debts.

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

If you lack the means to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Do not remove the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before obscure people.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.