If you respond to my warning,
then I will pour out my spirit on you
and teach you my words.

Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.

He took a bag of money with him
and will come home at the time of the full moon.”

Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still;
teach a righteous man, and he will learn more.

Arrogance leads to nothing but strife,
but wisdom is gained by those who take advice.

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Teach a youth about the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.

in order to teach you true and reliable words,
so that you may give a dependable report
to those who sent you?

for the Lord will take up their case
and will plunder those who plunder them.

for their Redeemer is strong,
and He will take up their case against you.

I saw, and took it to heart;
I looked, and received instruction:

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats his foolishness.

A person who is passing by and meddles in a quarrel that’s not his
is like one who grabs a dog by the ears.

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.

Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.