Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. | 1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. |
2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all. | 2The rich and the poor meet together; the LORD is the Maker of them all. |
3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. | 3The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. |
4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. | 4The reward for humility and fear of the LORD is riches and honor and life. |
5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. | 5Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. |
6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. | 6Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. | 7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. |
8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. | 8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. |
9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. | 9Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. |
10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease. | 10Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. |
11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend. | 11He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. |
12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless. | 12The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. |
13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!” | 13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” |
14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. | 14The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the LORD is angry will fall into it. |
15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. | 15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. |
16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty. | 16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. |
17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge— | 17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, |
18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. | 18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. |
19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you. | 19That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to you today, even to you. |
20Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, | 20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, |
21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you? | 21to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? |
22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, | 22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, |
23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them. | 23for the LORD will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. |
24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, | 24Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, |
25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | 25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. |
26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. | 26Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. |
27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? |
28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed. | 28Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. |
29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | 29Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. |
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