Proverbs 22:15-17

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁵ Children do foolish things, but if you punish them, they will learn not to do them.

¹⁶ These two things will make you poor: hurting the poor to make yourself rich and giving gifts to the rich.

Thirty Wise Sayings

¹⁷ Listen carefully to these words from the wise. Pay attention to what I have learned.