Veritable King James Version
1A good name is better than great riches, and favor is worth more than silver or gold.
2Rich and poor stand together; the Lord is Maker of them all.
3The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the price.
4Humility and fear of the Lord bring wealth, honor, and life.
5Thorns and snares lie in the path of the crooked; those who guard their lives stay far from them.
6Train a child in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart from it.
7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
8Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod of their fury will fail.
9The generous are blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
10Drive out the scoffer, and strife departs; quarrels and insults cease.
11Those who love a pure heart and gracious speech will have the king as their friend.
12The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, but He thwarts the words of the treacherous.
13The sluggard says, “A lion is outside; I’ll be killed in the streets!”
14The mouth of an immoral woman is a deep pit; those under the Lord’s wrath fall into it.
15Folly is bound to the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far.
16Oppressing the poor to gain wealth or favoring the rich—both lead to loss.
17Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge,
18for it is pleasant to keep them within you, and have them ready on your lips.
19So that your trust may be in the Lord, I teach you today, even you.
20Have I not written for you thirty sayings of counsel and knowledge,
21to make you know the certainty of true words, to answer with truth to those who sent you?
22Do not rob the poor because they are poor, nor crush the afflicted at the gate,
23for the Lord will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.
24Make no friend with an angry person, nor walk with one full of rage,
25lest you learn their ways and entangle your life in a snare.
26Do not be among those who pledge for others, or who guarantee another’s debts,
27for if you lack the means to pay, your bed will be taken from under you.
28Do not move an ancient boundary stone set by your ancestors.
29See a person skilled in their work? They will serve before kings, not obscure ones. Proverbs 23 The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 23 – VKJV
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