Proverbs 23:9
Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise your words of wisdom.
Don’t speak to a fool, for he will despise your words of wisdom.
Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread and don’t desire his choice food, for it’s like someone calculating inwardly. “Eat and drink” he says to you, but his heart is not …
Don’t wear yourself out to get rich and stop giving your attention to it. As soon as you set your eyes on it, it disappears; for it makes wings for …
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite. Don’t desire …
Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand in the presence of kings. He will not stand in the presence of unknown men.
Don’t move an ancient boundary marker that your fathers have set up.
Don’t be one of those that enter agreements, or who put up security for loans. If you have no money to pay, even your bed will be taken.
Don’t make friends with an angry man and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man, or you will learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Don’t rob the poor because he is poor, nor oppress the afflicted in the gate, for Jehovah will plead their cause and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Haven’t I written to you excellent things about counsel and knowledge in order to teach you true and reliable words, so that you may give a dependable report to those who …