Proverbs

⁴The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. ⁵Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them. ⁶Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. [Eph. 6:4; II Tim. 3:15.] ⁷The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. ⁸He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail. ⁹He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. [II Cor. 9:6-10.] ¹⁰Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease.