Proverbs 22:15-29

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?

²²Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate;

²³For the LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them.

²⁴Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go;

²⁵Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

²⁶Be thou not of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts;

²⁷If thou hast not wherewith to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

²⁸Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

²⁹Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.