1. A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace.
2. Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all [is] Jehovah.
3. The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.
4. The end of humility [is] the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.
5. Thorns--snares [are] in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.
6. Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.
7. The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant [is] the borrower to the lender.
8. Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
9. The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
10. Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
11. Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.
12. The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.