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17 My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysdome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne: 18 for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth: 19 that thou mayest allwaye put yi trust in the LORDE. 20 Haue not I warned ye very oft with councell and lerninge? 21 yt I might shewe ye the treuth and that thou wt the verite mightest answere them yt laye eny thinge against ye? 22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment: 23 for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence. 24 Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious: 25 lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule. 26 Be not thou one of them yt bynde ther hande vpo promyse, and are suertie for dett: 27 for yf thou hast nothinge to paye, they shal take awaye thy bed from vnder the. 28 Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett. 29 Seist thou not, yt they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge the symple people? Proverbs 22:17-29, Coverdale Bible of 1535. Public domain.
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