A Good Name 1 WBS A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. BSB BSB: A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 WBS The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. BSB BSB: The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.
3 WBS A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. BSB BSB: The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
4 WBS By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. BSB BSB: The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
5 WBS Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. BSB BSB: Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
6 WBS Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart 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 WBS The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. BSB BSB: The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8 WBS He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. BSB BSB: He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
9 WBS He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. BSB BSB: A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 WBS Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease. BSB BSB: Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 WBS He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. BSB BSB: He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 WBS The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. BSB BSB: The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 WBS The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. BSB BSB: The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 WBS The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein. 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 WBS Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far 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 WBS He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches , and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. BSB BSB: Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
Thirty Sayings of the Wise Saying 1 17 WBS Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. BSB BSB: Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge—
18 WBS For it is a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. BSB BSB: for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips.
19 WBS That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. BSB BSB: So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you.
20 WBS Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, BSB BSB: Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge,
21 WBS That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee? BSB BSB: to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Saying 2 22 WBS Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: BSB BSB: Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
23 WBS For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. BSB BSB: for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
Saying 3 24 WBS Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: BSB BSB: Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
25 WBS Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. BSB BSB: or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Saying 4 26 WBS Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. BSB BSB: Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts.
27 WBS If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? BSB BSB: If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?
Saying 5 28 WBS Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed.
Saying 6 29 WBS Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men . 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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