15. Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16. He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want.
17. Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18. For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.
19. That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.
20. Have not I written unto thee excellent things of counsels and knowledge;
21. To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?
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 despoil of life those that despoil them.
24. Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger; and with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:
25. Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26. Be thou not one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts: