Proverbs 22:17-21

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Incline your ear and hear my words^[a]
    and apply your mind to my teaching,
¹⁸ for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
    if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹ So that your trust may be in the Lord,
    I have made them known to you today, yes, to you.^(A)
20 Have I not written for you thirty^[b] sayings
    of admonition and knowledge,^(B)
21 to show you what is right and true,
    so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?^(C)