1 A
agood name is to be chosen rather than great riches,
Loving favor rather than silver and gold.
2 The
arich and the poor have this in common,
The
bLord is the maker of them all.
3 A prudent
man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are
apunished.
4 By humility
and the fear of the
LordAre riches and honor and life.
5 Thorns
and snares
are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will be far from them.
6 aTrain up a child in the way he should go,
1And when he is old he will not depart from it.
7 The
arich rules over the poor,
And the borrower
is servant to the lender.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
