Proverbs 22:21-28

²¹That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.

²²Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:

²³Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.

²⁴Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:

²⁵Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.

²⁶Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:

²⁷For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?

²⁸Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.