Proverbs:22:17-29

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* Incline thine ear , and hear the words of the wise , and apply thy heart unto my knowledge . * For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee : they shall be together fitted on thy lips . * That thy confidence may be in Jehovah , I have made [them ] known to thee this day , even to thee . * Have not I written to thee excellent things , in counsels and knowledge , * that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth ; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee ? * Rob not the poor , because he is poor , neither oppress the afflicted in the gate ; * for Jehovah will plead their cause , and despoil the soul of those that despoil them . * Make no friendship with an angry man , and go not with a furious man ; * lest thou learn his paths , and get a snare to thy soul . * Be not of them that strike hands , of them that are sureties for debts : * if thou hast nothing to pay , why should he take away thy bed from under thee ? * Remove not the ancient landmark which thy fathers have set . * Hast thou seen a man diligent in his work ? He shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before the mean .

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