nkjv - Proverbs:22:17-29

nkjv@Proverbs:22:17 @ Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your heart to my knowledge;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:18 @ For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips,

nkjv@Proverbs:22:19 @ So that your trust may be in the LORD; I have instructed you today, even you.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:20 @ Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,

nkjv@Proverbs:22:21 @ That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, That you may answer words of truth To those who send to you?

nkjv@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:23 @ For the LORD will plead their cause, And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:24 @ Make no friendship with an angry man, And with a furious man do not go,

nkjv@Proverbs:22:25 @ Lest you learn his ways And set a snare for your soul.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:26 @ Do not be one of those who shakes hands in a pledge, One of those who is surety for debts;

nkjv@Proverbs:22:27 @ If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?

nkjv@Proverbs:22:28 @ Do not remove the ancient landmark Which your fathers have set.

nkjv@Proverbs:22:29 @ Do you see a man who excels in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before unknown men.