counsel and knowledge, 022:021 To teach you truth, reliable words, to give sound answers to the ones who sent you? 022:022 Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; 022:023 for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them. 022:024 Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, and don't associate with one who harbors anger: 022:025 lest you learn his ways, and ensnare your soul. 022:026 Don't you be one of those who strike hands, of those who are collateral for debts. 022:027 If you don't have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? 022:028 Don't move the ancient boundary stone, which your fathers have set up. 022:029 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won't serve obscure men. 023:001 When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you; 023:002 put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite. 023:003 Don't be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food. 023:004 Don't weary yourself to be rich. In your wisdom, show restraint. 023:005 Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky. 023:006 Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies: 023:007 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his heart is not with you. 023:008 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, and lose your good words. 023:009 Don't speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. 023:010 Don't move the ancient boundary stone. Don't encroach on the fields of the fatherless: 023:011 for their Defender is strong. He will plead their case against you. 023:012 Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge. 023:013 Don't withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die. 023:014 Punish him with the rod, and save his soul from Sheol. 023:015 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad, even mine: 023:016 yes, my heart will rejoice, when your lips speak what is right. 023:017 Don't let your heart envy sinners; but rather fear Yahweh all the day long. 023:018 Indeed surely there is a future hope, and your hope will not be cut off. 023:019 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path! 023:020 Don't be among ones drinking too much wine, or those who gorge themselves on meat: 023:021 for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags. 023:022 Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old. 023:023 Buy the truth, and don't sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding.