1A good name is to be chosen over great riches and favor is better than silver and gold.
2Rich and poor people have this in common— Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3A prudent man sees trouble and hides himself, but the naive go on and suffer because of it.
4The reward for humility and fear of Yahweh is riches, honor, and life.
5Thorns and snares lie in the path of the perverse; whoever guards his life will keep far from them.
6Teach a child the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn away from that instruction.