18. It will be good for you to remember these words and have them ready when they are needed.
19. I will teach you these things now. I want you to trust the Lord.
20. I have written 30 sayings for you. These are words of advice and wisdom.
21. They will teach you things that you can know for sure to be true. Then you can give good answers to the one who sent you.
22. It is easy to steal from the poor, but don’t do it. And don’t take advantage of them in court.
23. The Lord is on their side. He supports the poor, and he will take from those who take from them.
24. Don’t be friends with people who become angry easily. Don’t stay around quick-tempered people.
25. If you do, you may learn to be like them. Then you will have the same problems they do.
26. Don’t promise to pay someone else’s debt.
27. If you cannot pay, you will lose everything you have. So why should you lose the bed you sleep on?
28. Never move an old property line that was marked long ago by your ancestors.
29. Skilled workers will always serve kings. They will never have to work for less important people.