Train the child {concerning his way}; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.

The rich will rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave of {the lender}.

A {reputation} [is] to be chosen {rather than} great riches; {favor is better than silver and gold}.

For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy; [the] rod of discipline will drive it from him.

Do not be with those who {give a pledge} {by becoming} surety.

lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

If there is nothing for you to pay, why will he take your bed from under you?

The reward of humility [is] the fear of Yahweh-- wealth and honor and life.

He who oppresses the poor [in order] to enrich himself, [or] gives to the rich, {will come to poverty}.

Do not befriend an owner of {anger}, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.

Do not remove an ancient boundary marker which your ancestors made.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Rich and poor have [much] in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.

A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise; you shall apply your heart to my teaching.

He [who] {is generous} will be blessed, for he gives to the poor from his [own] bread.

Drive out a scoffer and strife will go out; quarrel and abuse will cease.

Have I not written for you thirty [sayings] with admonitions and knowledge?

A deep pit is the mouth of an {adulteress}, [he with whom] Yahweh is angry will fall there.

A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"

He who sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his anger will fail.

Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.

He who loves purity of heart [and has]{gracious speech}, his friend [is the] king.

[In order] for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made [them] known to you {today}--even you.

The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.

[In order] to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- [in order] to return a true saying to him who sent you.

For [it is] pleasant if you guard them {within you}; together they will be ready upon your lips.