1 A reputation is to be chosen rather than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
2 Rich and poor have much in common; Yahweh is the maker of all of them.
3 The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
4 The reward of humility is the fear of Yahweh— wealth and honor and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; he who guards himself will keep away from them.