Proverbs 24:10-29

¹⁰If thy spirit faint in the day of adversity, Faint will be thy strength.

¹¹Deliver thou those who are dragged to death, And those who totter to the slaughter,—O keep them back!

¹²If thou sayst, “Behold, we knew it not!” Doth not he that weigheth the heart observe it? Yea, he that keepeth thy soul knoweth it. And he will render to every man according to his works.

¹³Eat honey, my son, for it is good, And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;

¹⁴So learn thou wisdom for thy soul! When thou hast found it, there shall be a reward, And thy expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁵Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not his resting-place!

¹⁶For though the righteous fall seven times, yet shall he rise up again; But the wicked shall fall into mischief.

¹⁷Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;

¹⁸Lest the LORD see, and it displease him, And he turn away his anger from him.

¹⁹Fret not thyself on account of evil men, Neither be thou envious of the wicked;

²⁰For there shall be no posterity to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹My son, fear thou the LORD and the king; And mingle not with them that are given to change!

²²For their calamity shall rise up suddenly, And their ruin, coming from them both, in a moment.

²³These also are words of the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

²⁴He that saith to the wicked, “Thou art righteous,” Him shall the people curse; Nations shall abhor him.

²⁵But it shall be well with them that punish him, And the blessing of prosperity shall come upon them.

²⁶He that giveth a right answer Kisseth the lips.

²⁷Arrange thy work without, And prepare it in thy field: Afterwards thou mayst build thy house.

²⁸Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbor, And deceive not with thy lips.

²⁹Say not, “As he hath done to me, So will I do to him; I will render to the man according to his doings.”