Proverbs 22:14-20

¹⁴The mouth of an alien woman is a deep ditch; he to whom the Lord is wroth shall fall into it.

¹⁵Folly is bound together in the heart of a child; and a rod of chastising or discipline shall drive it away.

¹⁶He that falsely challengeth a poor man, to increase his own riches, shall give to a richer man, and he shall be needy.

¹⁷My son, bow down thine ear, and hear thou the words of wise men; but set thou the heart to my teaching.

¹⁸That shall be fair to thee, when thou hast kept it in thine heart, and it shall flow again in thy lips.

¹⁹That thy trust be in the Lord; wherefore and I have showed it to thee today.

²⁰Lo! I have described it in three manners, in thoughts and knowing,