Proverbs 22:18-28

¹⁸It will be good to ◄keep these things in your minds/always remember them►, because if you do that, you will be able to quote/recite them to others.

¹⁹I want you to trust in Yahweh, and that is the reason that I am telling them to you, now.

²⁰I have written RHQ thirty ◄sayings/things that wise people have said► from which you will receive good advice and you will be able you to know many good/useful things.

²¹From them, you will learn what is right and what is true, in order that you will be able to bring back a good report to those who sent you to school (OR, give a good answer to those who ask you questions).

²²It is easy to rob poor people who are helpless and cannot defend themselves, but never do that; and do not oppress in court those who are needy/afflicted,

²³because Yahweh will speak to defend them, and he will punish those who steal things from others—by causing them to die.

²⁴Do not become friends with those who often become angry, and do not associate with those who cannot control their temper/anger,

²⁵because you might start to act like they do and not be able to stop doing that.

²⁶If someone borrows money, do not be one of those who promises to pay what that person owes he cannot pay it back,

²⁷because if you cannot pay it back, people will surely RHQ come and take away everything you own, even your bed.

²⁸Do not steal some of your neighbors' land by removing the boundary lines/markers that your ancestors placed/set.