1: Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2: For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 3: Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established: 4: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5: A wise man [is] strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6: For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety. 7: Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. 8: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. 9: The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men. 10: [If] thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. 11: If thou forbearest to deliver [them that are] drawn to death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; 12: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and will [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? 13: My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honey-comb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: 14: So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] to thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. 15: Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place: 16: For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. 17: Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18: Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 19: Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked; 20: For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished. 21: My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change: 22: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? 23: These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 24: He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: 25: But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. 26: [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer. 27: Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house. 28: Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips. 29: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. 30: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31: And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. 32: Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it], [and] received instruction. 33: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34: So shall thy poverty come [as] one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.
