Proverbs 24:10-22

¹⁰If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

¹¹Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

¹²If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

¹³My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

¹⁴So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

¹⁶For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

¹⁷Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

¹⁸For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

¹⁹Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

²⁰For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

²¹My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

²²For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?