Lexham English Bible

Proverbs 22:19-27 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. In order for your trust to be in Yahweh, I have made them known to you today—even you.

20. Have I not written for you thirty sayings with admonitions and knowledge?

21. In order to show you what is right—sayings of truth— in order to return a true saying to him who sent you.

22. Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

23. For Yahweh will plead their case and despoil those who despoil them of life.

24. Do not befriend an owner of anger, and with a man of wrath you shall not associate;

25. lest you learn his way and become entangled in a snare to yourself.

26. Do not be with those who give a pledge by becoming surety.

27. If there is nothing for you to pay, why will he take your bed from under you?