Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate: 23Because the Lord will judge his cause: and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul. 24Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: 25Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul. 26Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts: 27For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there that he should take the covering from thy bed? 28Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set. 29Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure. 1When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face: 2And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power. 3Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit. 4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence. 5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven. 6Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: 7Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee. 8The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words. 9Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech. 10Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless: 11For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.