A Good Name
A good name is more desirable than great riches; Ecc 7:1Luk 10:201Ki 1:47Act 7:10Php 4:3Heb 11:39
favor is better than silver and gold.
The rich and the poor have this in common: Job 31:151Sa 2:7Pro 14:31Job 34:19Pro 29:13Jas 2:2-51Co 12:21Psa 49:1-2
The LORD is Maker of them all.
The prudent see danger and take cover, Pro 27:12Pro 14:16Pro 29:11Th 5:2-6Heb 11:7Pro 7:7Pro 7:22-23Exo 9:20-21
but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD Mat 6:33Jas 4:10Psa 34:9-10Pro 21:21Psa 112:1-3Isa 57:15Isa 33:6Jas 4:6
are wealth and honor and life.
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; Pro 16:171Jn 5:18Jud 1:20-21Pro 15:19Job 18:8Pro 13:15Pro 19:16Psa 18:26-27
he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go, Deu 6:7Eph 6:42Ti 3:15Gen 18:19Deu 4:9Psa 78:3-61Sa 1:281Sa 2:26
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rule over the poor, 2Ki 4:1Mat 18:25Pro 22:16Pro 14:31Pro 18:23Jas 2:6Pro 22:22Jas 5:1
and the borrower is slave to the lender.
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, Gal 6:7-8Job 4:8Isa 30:31Hos 10:13Psa 125:3Pro 14:3Hos 8:7Isa 10:5
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. 1
A generous man 2will be blessed, Pro 19:17Heb 6:101Ti 6:18-19Act 20:351Pe 4:9Heb 13:16Luk 14:13Psa 112:9
for he shares his bread with the poor.
Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; 1Co 5:131Co 5:5-6Pro 26:20-21Gen 21:9-10Mat 18:17Neh 13:28Pro 18:6Pro 21:24
even quarreling and insults will cease.
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips Mat 5:8Pro 16:13Pro 14:35Psa 101:6Psa 45:2Dan 6:20-23Ezr 7:6-11Dan 2:46-49
will have the king for a friend.
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, 2Ti 3:8-92Ch 16:9Act 13:8-122Th 2:8Act 12:23-24Job 5:12-13Act 5:39Act 8:9-12
but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! Pro 26:13-16Num 13:32-33Pro 15:19
I will be slain in the streets!”
The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; Ecc 7:26Pro 23:27Pro 6:24-29Neh 13:26Pro 7:5-27Jdg 16:20-21Pro 2:16-19Deu 32:19
he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, Pro 13:24Pro 29:15Pro 19:18Pro 23:13-14Heb 12:10-11Pro 29:17Eph 2:3Psa 51:5
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich Pro 22:22-23Jas 2:13Psa 12:5Jas 5:1-5Luk 14:12-14Luk 6:33-35Pro 14:31Pro 28:3
will surely lead to poverty.
Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise— Pro 23:12Psa 90:12Ecc 7:25Pro 2:2-5Pro 3:1Mat 17:5Pro 1:3Ecc 8:16
apply your mind to my knowledge—
for it is pleasing when you keep them within you Jer 15:16Pro 2:10Pro 8:6Jhn 7:38Pro 10:21Pro 15:7Psa 119:103Heb 13:15
and they are constantly on your lips.
So that your trust may be in the LORD, Psa 62:8Isa 12:2Pro 3:51Pe 1:21Isa 26:4Jer 17:7
I instruct you today—yes, you.
Have I not written for you thirty sayings 3 2Pe 1:19-21Pro 8:62Ti 3:15-17Psa 12:6Hos 8:12
about counsel and knowledge,
to show you true and reliable words, 1Pe 3:15Luk 1:3-41Jn 5:13Jhn 20:31
that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
Saying 2
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, Zec 7:10Mal 3:5Exo 23:6Pro 22:16Job 29:12-16Job 31:16Job 31:21Ezk 22:29
and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
for the LORD will take up their case Psa 12:5Psa 140:12Jer 51:36Pro 23:111Sa 25:39Psa 35:10Psa 43:1Jer 50:34
and will plunder those who rob them.
Saying 3
Do not make friends with an angry man, Pro 29:222Co 6:14-17Pro 21:24
and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
or you may learn his ways 1Co 15:33Pro 13:20Psa 106:35
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Saying 4
Do not be one who gives pledges, Pro 11:15Pro 17:18Pro 6:1-5Pro 27:13
who puts up security for debts.
If you have nothing with which to pay, Pro 20:162Ki 4:1Exo 22:26-27
why should your bed be taken from under you?
Saying 5
Do not move an ancient boundary stone Deu 19:14Deu 27:17Pro 23:10Job 24:2
which your fathers have placed.
Saying 6
Do you see a man skilled in his work? 1Ki 11:28Mat 25:21Pro 12:24Ecc 9:10Mat 25:23Pro 10:4Gen 41:46Rom 12:11
He will be stationed in the presence of kings;
he will not stand before obscure men.