Proverbs 22:13-21

¹³The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'

¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹⁶One may oppress the poor, yet will their gain increase; one may give to the rich, yet will want come.

¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge.

¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; let them be established altogether upon thy lips.

¹⁹That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

²⁰Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;

²¹That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest bring back words of truth to them that send thee?