Proverbs 22:17-25

Authorized (King James) Version

¹⁷ Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;
they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
¹⁹ That thy trust may be in the Lord,
I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
²⁰ Have not I written to thee excellent things
in counsels and knowledge,
²¹ that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth;
that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
²³ for the Lord will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man;
and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
²⁵ lest thou learn his ways,
and get a snare to thy soul.