Proverbs

¹²The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man. ¹³The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets. ¹⁴The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. ¹⁵Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, and he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want. ¹⁷Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. ¹⁸For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.