Riches make many friends; but the poor is forsaken of his own friends.

My son, be guided by your father’s [God-given] commandment (instruction)
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;

Those who set aside the law [of God and man] praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.

who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God

There is severe discipline for him who turns from the way [of righteousness];
And he who hates correction will die.

Whoever hides his transgressions will not succeed, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will find mercy.

Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.

He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness,

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee. Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart,

For I give you good doctrine. Forsake ye not my law.

Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee.

Forsake not thine own friend, and thy father's friend. And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far off.

As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.