GM Proverbs 22:17-29

17 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise,

And apply your heart to my knowledge;

18 For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;

Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

19 So that your trust may be in the Lord;

I have instructed you today, even you.

20 Have I not written to you excellent things

Of counsels and knowledge,

21 That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth,

That you may answer words of truth

To those who [d]send to you?

22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor,

Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

23 For the Lord will plead their cause,

And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

24 Make no friendship with an angry man,

And with a furious man do not go,

25 Lest you learn his ways

And set a snare for your soul.

26 Do not be one of those who [e]shakes hands in a pledge,

One of those who is [f]surety for debts;

27 If you have nothing with which to pay,

Why should he take away your bed from under you?

28 Do not remove the ancient [g]landmark

Which your fathers have set.

29 Do you see a man who [h]excels in his work?

He will stand before kings;

He will not stand before [i]unknown men.