¹ A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. Cross refs

² The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. Cross refs

³ A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Cross refs

⁴ By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. Cross refs

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. Cross refs

⁶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Cross refs

⁷ The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. Cross refs

⁸ He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. Cross refs

⁹ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. Cross refs

¹⁰ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. Cross refs

¹¹ He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. Cross refs

¹² The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. Cross refs

¹³ The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Cross refs

¹⁴ The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. Cross refs

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. Cross refs

¹⁶ He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. Cross refs

¹⁷ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. Cross refs

¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. Cross refs

¹⁹ That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. Cross refs

²⁰ Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, Cross refs

²¹ 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 unto thee? Cross refs

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: Cross refs

²³ For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. Cross refs

²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Cross refs

²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. Cross refs

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. Cross refs

²⁷ If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? Cross refs

²⁸ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. Cross refs

²⁹ Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. Cross refs