Proverbs

¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. ¹⁶He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich–both will surely come to want. ¹⁷Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; ¹⁸For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them. ¹⁹So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you. ²⁰Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge, ²¹To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? [Luke 1:3, 4.]