Proverbs 22:17-29

¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,

¹⁸For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips.

¹⁹That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

²⁰Have I not written to thee three times With counsels and knowledge?

²¹To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending thee.

²²Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

²³For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

²⁴Shew not thyself friendly with an angry man, And with a man of fury go not in,

²⁵Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

²⁶Be not thou among those striking hands, Among sureties for burdens.

²⁷If thou hast nothing to pay, Why doth he take thy bed from under thee?

²⁸Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

²⁹Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!