Proverbs 22:15-17

New International Reader's Version

¹⁵Children are going to do foolish things.
But correcting them will drive that foolishness far away.

¹⁶You might treat poor people badly or give gifts to rich people.
Trying to get rich in these ways will instead make you poor.

30 Sayings of Wise People

¹⁷Pay attention and listen to the sayings of wise people.
Apply your heart to the sayings I teach.

¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.^(A)

¹⁶One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth
and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.

¹⁷Pay attention^(B) and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;^(C)
apply your heart to what I teach,^(D)

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