1. A reputation is to be chosen rather than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2. Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3. The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
4. The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.
5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.
6. Train the child concerning his way; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.
7. The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of the lender.
8. He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.
9. He who is generous will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his own bread.
10. Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.
11. He who loves purity of heart and hasgracious speech, his friend is the king.
12. The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.
13. A lazy person says “A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!”
14. A deep pit is the mouth of an adulteress, he with whom Yahweh is angry will fall there.