Value of Reputation and Character

1

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

2

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

3

A prudent man sees danger, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

4

The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.

5

Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays 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. The borrower is servant to the lender.

8

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9

He who has a generous eye will be blessed; for he shares his food with the poor.

10

Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.

11

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

12

The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge; but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13

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

14

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

15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

16

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.