1. A good name is more desirable than great riches,and high esteem, than gold and silver.
2. Rich and poor have a common bond:the Lord is the maker of them all.
3. The astute see an evil and hide,while the naive continue on and pay the penalty.
4. The result of humility and fear of the Lordis riches, honor and life.
5. Thorns and snares are on the path of the crooked;those who would safeguard their lives will avoid them.
6. Train the young in the way they should go;even when old, they will not swerve from it.
7. The rich rule over the poor,and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
8. Those who sow iniquity reap calamity,and the rod used in anger will fail.