16. He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
17. Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.
18. For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
19. That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
20. Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21. That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send unto you?
22. Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23. For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24. Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
25. Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
26. Be not one of them that gives pledges, or of them that become surety for debts.
27. If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
28. Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
29. See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.