1. A reputation is to be chosen rather than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2. Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3. The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
4. The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.
5. Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.
6. Train the child concerning his way; even when he is old, he will not stray from it.