Proverbs 22:6-17

6Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

8Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.

9The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.

10Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

11One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.

12The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

14The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD ’s wrath falls into it.

15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.

16One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

Thirty Sayings of the Wise Saying 1 17Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,