1Be not thou envious against evil men;
2For their heart studieth oppression,
3Through wisdom is a house builded;
4And by knowledge are the chambers filled
5A wise man is strong;
6For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war;
7Wisdom is too high for a fool:
8He that deviseth to do evil,
9The thought of foolishness is sin;
10If thou faint in the day of adversity,
11Deliver them that are carried away unto death,
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this;
13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good;
14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous;
16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again;
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him,
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
23These also are sayings of the wise.
24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,
25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
26He kisseth the lips
27Prepare thy work without,
28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;
30I went by the field of the sluggard,
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
32Then I beheld, and considered well;
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber,