Proverbs 22:17-23

English Standard Version

Words of the Wise

¹⁷^(A)Incline your ear, and hear ^(B)the words of the wise,
    ^(C)and apply your heart to my knowledge,
¹⁸for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹That your trust may be in the Lord,
    I have made them known to you today, even to you.
²⁰Have I not written for you ^(D)thirty sayings
    of counsel and knowledge,
²¹to ^(E)make you know what is right and true,
    that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

²²^(F)Do not rob the poor, because he is poor,
or ^(G)crush the afflicted at ^(H)the gate,
²³for ^(I)the Lord will plead their cause
and rob of life those who rob them.