Proverbs:22:17-29

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* Stretch your ear and hear the words of the wise , and set your heart to My knowledge , * for they are pleasant when you keep them within you ; they shall all be fixed together on your lips , * So that your trust may be in Jehovah . I caused you to know today , even you . * Have I not written to you the third time with counsels and knowledge , * to cause you to know the verity of the words of truth , to return words of truth to those who send you ? * Rob not the poor because he is poor , and oppress not the afflicted in the gate . * For Jehovah will contend for their cause , and will plunder the soul of their plunderers . * Do not feed a possessor of anger , and do not go in with a man of fury , * lest you learn his ways and take a snare for your soul . * Do not be one of those who strike the palm , those who are sureties for loans . * If you have nothing to repay , why should he take away your bed from under you ? * Do not move the old landmark which your fathers have set . * Do you see a man who is prompt in his work ? He shall stand before kings , he shall not stand before obscure men .

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