[If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small (24:10)

If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; (24:11)

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 shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? (24:12)

My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: (24:13)

So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off (24:14)

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: (24:15)

For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief (24:16)

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: (24:17)

Lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him (24:18)

Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked; (24:19)

For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out (24:20)

My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change: (24:21)

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? (24:22)

These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment (24:23)

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: (24:24)

But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them (24:25)

[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer (24:26)

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house (24:27)

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips (24:28)

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work (24:29)

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; (24:30)

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down (24:31)

Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction (24:32)

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (24:33)

So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man (24:34)

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