15. Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.
16. Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.
17. Incline your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Then apply your heart to my doctrine.
18. It shall be beautiful to you, if you preserve it in your inner self, and it shall overflow from your lips,
19. so that your confidence may be in the Lord. Therefore, I also have revealed it to you this day.
20. Behold, I have written it for you in three ways, and with meditations and knowledge,
21. so that I might reveal to you, firmly and with words of truth, in order to respond about these things to those who sent you.
22. Do not act with violence toward the pauper because he is poor. And do not weary the needy at the gate.
23. For the Lord will judge his case, and he will pierce those who have pierced his soul.
24. Do not be willing to be a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man,
25. lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take up a stumbling block to your soul.
26. Do not be willing to be with those who certify with their hands, and who offer themselves as a guarantee against debts.
27. For if you do not have the means to restore, what reason should there be for him to take the covering from your bed?
28. Do not cross beyond the ancient limits that your fathers have set.