1 GLT A name is to be chosen more than abundant riches; favor{ is} better than silver and than gold. BSB BSB: A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 GLT A rich one and a poor one meet together; Yahweh{ is} maker of all of them. BSB BSB: The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 GLT A prudent one sees evil and hides himself, but naive ones pass on and they are fined. BSB BSB: The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 GLT The result of humility, the fear of Yahweh,{ is} riches and honor and life. BSB BSB: The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 GLT Thorns, traps{ are} in the way of the crooked one; one who guards his life will stay far away from them. BSB BSB: Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 GLT Train up the young man according to his way; even when he is old, he will not turn away from it. BSB BSB: Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 GLT A rich one rules over those who are poor, and a borrower{ is} a slave to a man who lends. BSB BSB: The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 GLT A sower of iniquity will reap disaster, and the rod of his rage will come to an end. BSB BSB: He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 GLT The one good of eye, he will be blessed, for he gives from his bread to the lowly one. BSB BSB: A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 GLT Drive out a mocker and strife will go out, and judgment and dishonor will cease. BSB BSB: Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 GLT One who loves a pure heart, his lips{ are} gracious, the king{ is} his friend. BSB BSB: He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 GLT The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge, and he overturns the words of one who is treacherous. BSB BSB: The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 GLT A lazy one says,“A lion{ is} outside! I will be killed in the midst of the open areas!” BSB BSB: The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 GLT The mouth of a strange woman{ is} a deep pit; one who is cursed of Yahweh will fall there. BSB BSB: The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 GLT Folly is bound up in the heart of a young man; the rod of discipline will cause it to be far away from him. BSB BSB: Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16 GLT One who oppresses a lowly one to increase for himself, one who gives to a rich one, surely{ will be} to lack. BSB BSB: Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
17 GLT Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise ones, and you must set your heart to my knowledge! BSB BSB: Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 GLT For{ it will be} pleasant if you keep them in your inner parts, they are ready together on your lips. BSB BSB: for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 GLT Your trust{ is} to be in Yahweh; I have caused you to know today, even you. BSB BSB: So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 GLT Have I not written for you thirty things with counsels and knowledge, BSB BSB: Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 GLT to cause you to know the truth of the words of trustworthiness, to return trustworthy words to one who sent you? BSB BSB: to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
22 GLT Do not rob a lowly one because he{ is} a lowly one, and do not crush an afflicted one at the gate. BSB BSB: Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 GLT For Yahweh will plead their dispute, and he will steal{ from} those who steal from them life. BSB BSB: for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
24 GLT Do not befriend a possessor of nose, and do not go{ with} a man of heat, BSB BSB: Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 GLT lest you learn his paths and you take a snare for your life. BSB BSB: or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
26 GLT Do not be among those who clasp a palm, among those who pledge for loans. BSB BSB: Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 GLT If there is nothing for you to repay, why should he take away your bed from under you? BSB BSB: If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
28 GLT Do not move back the ancient boundary that your fathers made. BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
29 GLT Behold a skilled man in his work; he will station himself before the face of kings; he will not station himself before the face of obscure ones. BSB BSB: Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.
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