Value of Reputation and Character

1

A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

2

The rich and the poor have this in common: The LORD is Maker of them all.

3

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

4

The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.

5

Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.

6

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

7

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9

A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

10

Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.

11

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

12

The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

13

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

14

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

15

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.