Mishle 22:21-27 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

21. That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee?

22. Exploit not the dal (poor), because he is dal (poor); neither oppress the oni (afflicted) in the sha'ar,

23. For Hashem will plead their cause, and plunder the nefesh of those that plundered them.

24. Make no friendship with a ba'al af (angry man), and with an ish chemot (man of wrath) thou shalt not go,

25. Lest thou learn his orkhot (ways), and take a mokesh (snare) for thy nefesh.

26. Be not thou one of them that shake hands in a pledge, or of them that are collateral for masha'ot (debts, loans).

27. If thou hast nothing with which to pay, why should he take away thy mishkav (bed) from under thee?

Mishle 22