Proverbs 22:24-29

²⁴ Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man,
do not associate with one easily angered,
²⁵ or you may learn his ways
and get yourself ensnared.
²⁶ Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge
or puts up security for debts;
²⁷ if you lack the means to pay,
your very bed will be snatched from under you.
²⁸ Do not move an ancient boundary stone
set up by your forefathers.
²⁹ Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will serve before kings;
he will not serve before obscure men.

 

Proverbs 23:6-14

²⁴ Do not eat the food of a stingy man,

do not crave his delicacies;
⁷ for he is the kind of man
who is always thinking about the cost.
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
⁸ You will vomit up the little you have eaten
and will have wasted your compliments.
⁹ Do not speak to a fool,
for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
¹⁰ Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
¹¹ for their Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.
¹² Apply your heart to instruction
and your ears to words of knowledge.
¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child;
if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
¹⁴ Punish him with the rod
and save his soul from death.