Proverbs 22:17-29 ▼

17 Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:

18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

19 That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde, I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest.

20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,

21 That I might make thee knowe the trueth, that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee?

22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

23 For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

24 Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious:

25 Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.

26 Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes:

27 For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee.

28 Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.

29 Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people?