for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;

For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord’s eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person’s paths.

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not enter your brother’s house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.

The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor’s power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor.

a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king.

who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways,

Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way.

locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks;

A king’s glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.

Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame?

Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path;

Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble.

Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help.

for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.

Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.