Proverbs 22:17-18

¹⁷Inclina aurem tuam et audi verba sapientium,appone autem cor ad doctrinam meam,

¹⁸quia pulchra erunt, cum servaveris ea in ventre tuo,et redundabunt in labiis tuis.

Proverbs 22 sits at a hinge in the book, blending traditional wisdom sayings with a new section (22:17–24:22) titled “The Words of the Wise.” The chapter opens with the familiar value of a good name over riches (v. 1), then moves through a series of couplets on humility, child-re