Proverbs 22:17-24
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Sayings of the Wise
17 The words of the wise:
Incline your ear and hear my words,[a]
and apply your mind to my teaching;
18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
19 So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today—yes, to you.
20 Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of admonition and knowledge,
21 to show you what is right and true,
so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?
22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor,
or crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 for the Lord pleads their cause
and despoils of life those who despoil them.
24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
and do not associate with hotheads,
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise
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