17. Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
18. Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
20. Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
21. That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
22. Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
23. Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
24. Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
25. Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
26. Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
27. For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
28. Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
29. Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.