Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

The rich over the poor ruleth, And a servant is the borrower to the lender.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold -- good grace.

For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

The end of humility is the fear of Jehovah, Riches, and honour, and life.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Rich and poor have met together, The Maker of them all is Jehovah.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Cast out a scorner -- and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.

Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.

Thorns -- snares are in the way of the perverse, Whoso is keeping his soul is far from them.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.

That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.