1Be not thou envious against evil men,
2For their heart studieth destruction,
3Through wisdom is a house builded;
4And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled
5A wise man is strong;
6For by wise counsel 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,
11If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death,
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;
13My son, eat thou honey, because it is good;
14So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul:
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
18Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him,
19Fret not thyself because of evil men,
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
21My son, fear thou the Lord and the king:
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
23These things also belong to the wise.
24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;
25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
26Every man shall kiss his lips
27Prepare thy work without,
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:
30I went by the field of the slothful,
31And lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
32Then I saw, and considered it well:
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;