1. A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
2. The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
3. The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
4. The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
5. Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
6. It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
7. The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
8. He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
9. He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.