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1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
The wisdom of God causes us to be revered by others, which is is worth more than money and possessions.
- ACCEPTANCE - RECOGNITION - REPUTATION - FAVOR

2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
3 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
 - NAIVETE - PREMONITION
4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
 - FEAR OF THE LORD - HUMILITY
5 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
 - SOUL - PROSPERITY OF
6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
 - CHILD REARING - TEMPLATES - DEDICATION CHILDREN
7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
 - BORROWING AND LENDING - FINANCIAL WISDOM
8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
 - SOWING AND REAPING
9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
 - GIVING - PROVISION
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
Favor can come as a result of our words. When your words are filled with wisdom, they give you favor and improve your relationships

- HOLINESS - REPUTATION - WORDS - SPOKEN - FAVOR

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
 - KNOWLEDGE
13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
 - LAZINESS
14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
 - CHILD REARING - DISCIPLINE
16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
 - POOR PEOPLE - POVERTY - SELFISHNESS - WEALTH
17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
 - KNOWLEDGE - HEART
18 For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
 - CONFESSION - MEDITATION - WORDS - SPOKEN
19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
 - COUNSEL - FROM OTHERS
21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
 - TRUTH - WISDOM
22 Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
 - POOR PEOPLE
23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
 - POOR - GOD'S CARE FOR
24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
 - ANGER - FRIENDSHIP - BAD
25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
 - ASSOCIATION
26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
 - DEBTS - SURETY
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
 - BUSINESS - GOOD - DILIGENCE