| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold. | 1A good name is to be chosen over great wealth; favor is better than silver and gold. |
| 2The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all. | 2The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD made them both. |
| 3The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences. | 3A sensible person sees danger and takes cover, but the inexperienced keep going and are punished. |
| 4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life. | 4The result of humility is fear of the LORD, along with wealth, honor, and life. |
| 5Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them. | 5There are thorns and snares on the path of the crooked; the one who guards himself stays far from them. |
| 6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. | 6Teach a youth about the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
| 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender. | 7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is a slave to the lender. |
| 8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. | 8The one who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed. |
| 9A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor. | 9A generous person will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor. |
| 10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease. | 10Drive out a mocker, and conflict goes too; then quarreling and dishonor will cease. |
| 11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend. | 11The one who loves a pure heart and gracious lips--the king is his friend. |
| 12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless. | 12The LORD's eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous. |
| 13The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!” | 13The slacker says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the public square!" |
| 14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it. | 14The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit; a man cursed by the LORD will fall into it. |
| 15Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. | 15Foolishness is tangled up in the heart of a youth; the rod of discipline will drive it away from him. |
| 16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty. | 16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich--both lead only to poverty. |
| 17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise—apply your mind to my knowledge— | 17Listen closely, pay attention to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge. |
| 18for it is pleasing when you keep them within you and they are constantly on your lips. | 18For it is pleasing if you keep them within you and if they are constantly on your lips. |
| 19So that your trust may be in the LORD, I instruct you today—yes, you. | 19I have instructed you today--even you-- so that your confidence may be in the LORD. |
| 20Have I not written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, | 20Haven't I written for you thirty sayings about counsel and knowledge, |
| 21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you? | 21in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who sent you? |
| 22Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, | 22Don't rob a poor man because he is poor, and don't crush the oppressed at the gate, |
| 23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them. | 23for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them. |
| 24Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man, | 24Don't make friends with an angry man, and don't be a companion of a hot-tempered man, |
| 25or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | 25or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. |
| 26Do not be one who gives pledges, who puts up security for debts. | 26Don't be one of those who enter agreements, who put up security for loans. |
| 27If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | 27If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken from under you. |
| 28Do not move an ancient boundary stone which your fathers have placed. | 28Don't move an ancient boundary marker that your fathers set up. |
| 29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | 29Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of unknown men. |
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