15. Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline drives it far from him.
16. One oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, Another gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
17. Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;
18. For they are pleasant If you guard them within you; Let all of them be ready on your lips.
19. I caused you to know today, even you:
20. Have I not previously written to you Of counsels and knowledge,
21. To cause you to know The certainty of the words of truth, To return words of truth to those who send to you?
22. Do not rob the poor because he is poor, And oppress not the afflicted at the gate.
23. For יהוה pleads their cause, And shall plunder those who plunder them.
24. Make no friendship with one given to wrath, And do not go with a man of rage,
25. Lest you learn his ways, And find yourself ensnared.
26. Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who are guarantors for debts.
27. If you do not have the means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
28. Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set.
29. Do you see a man who is skilled in his work? He does stand before sovereigns, He does not stand before obscure ones.