od Crossway1A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. (Kazn 7,1)2The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. (Job 31,15; Przyp 14,31; Przyp 29,13)3The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. (Przyp 14,16; Przyp 27,12)4The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.[1] (Przyp 21,20)5Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them. (Przyp 15,19; Przyp 21,23; 1 J 5,18)6Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. (Ef 6,4; 2 Tm 3,15)7The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. (Jk 2,6)8Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail. (Job 4,8; Iz 14,6; Iz 30,31; Oz 10,13)9Whoever has a bountiful[2] eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. (Przyp 19,17; Łk 14,13; 2 Kor 9,6)10Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease. (Rdz 21,9; Przyp 26,20)11He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend. (Ps 101,6; Przyp 14,35; Przyp 16,13; Kazn 10,12)12The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor. (Przyp 11,3; Przyp 21,12)13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!” (Przyp 26,13)14The mouth of forbidden[3] women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it. (Przyp 2,16; Przyp 23,27; Kazn 7,26)15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. (Przyp 13,24)16Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. (Przyp 28,22)
Words of the Wise
17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, (Przyp 1,6; Przyp 5,1; Przyp 23,12; Przyp 24,23)18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.19That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge, (Przyp 8,6)21to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? (Łk 1,3)22Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, (Wj 23,6; Job 5,4; Job 31,21; Za 7,10; Ml 3,5)23for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. (1 Sm 25,39; Ps 12,5; Ps 35,10; Ps 68,5; Ps 140,12; Przyp 23,11; Jer 51,36)24Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man,25lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.26Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. (Job 17,3)27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? (Wj 22,26; Przyp 20,16)28Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. (Pwt 19,14; Pwt 27,17; Job 24,2; Przyp 23,10; Oz 5,10)29Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. (Rdz 41,46; 1 Krl 10,8)