22 A good name is more desirable than great riches,
    and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
² The rich and the poor have this in common:
    Yahweh is the maker of them all.
³ A prudent man sees danger and hides himself;
    but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
⁴ The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
    is wealth, honor, and life.
⁵ Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked;
    whoever guards his soul stays far from them.
⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go,
    and when he is old he will not depart from it.
⁷ The rich rule over the poor.
    The borrower is servant to the lender.
⁸ He who sows wickedness reaps trouble,
    and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
⁹ He who has a generous eye will be blessed,
    for he shares his food with the poor.
¹⁰ Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
    yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
¹¹ He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
    is the king’s friend.
¹² Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
¹³ The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴ The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit.
    He who is under Yahweh’s wrath will fall into it.
¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child;
    the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
¹⁶ Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich,
    both come to poverty.

¹⁷ Turn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise.
    Apply your heart to my teaching.
¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹ I teach you today, even you,
    so that your trust may be in Yahweh.
²⁰ Haven’t I written to you thirty excellent things
    of counsel and knowledge,
²¹ To teach you truth, reliable words,
    to give sound answers to the ones who sent you?

²² Don’t exploit the poor because he is poor;
    and don’t crush the needy in court;
²³ for Yahweh will plead their case,
    and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

²⁴ Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man.
    Don’t associate with one who harbors anger,
²⁵ lest you learn his ways
    and ensnare your soul.

²⁶ Don’t you be one of those who strike hands,
    of those who are collateral for debts.
²⁷ If you don’t have means to pay,
    why should he take away your bed from under you?

²⁸ Don’t move the ancient boundary stone
    which your fathers have set up.

²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work?
    He will serve kings.
    He won’t serve obscure men.