20:023:029 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath
contentions? who hath
babbling?
who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of
eyes?
20:023:030 They that tarry long at the wine; they
that go to seek mixed
wine.
20:023:031 Look not thou upon the wine when it is
red, when it giveth his
colour
in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
20:023:032 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and
stingeth like an
adder.
20:023:033 Thine eyes shall behold strange women,
and thine heart shall
utter
perverse things.
20:023:034 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
in the midst of the
sea,
or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
20:023:035 They have stricken me, shalt thou say,
and I was not sick;
they
have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall
I awake? I
will
seek it yet again.
20:024:001 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither
desire to be
with
them.
20:024:002 For their heart studieth destruction, and
their lips talk of
mischief.
20:024:003 Through wisdom is an house builded; and
by understanding it is
established:
20:024:004 And by knowledge shall the chambers be
filled with all
precious
and pleasant riches.
20:024:005 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth
strength.
20:024:006 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy
war: and in multitude
of
counsellors there is safety.
20:024:007 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he
openeth not his mouth in the
gate.
20:024:008 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called
a mischievous
person.
20:024:009 The thought of foolishness is sin:
and the scorner is an
abomination
to men.
20:024:010 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
20:024:011 If thou forbear to deliver them that are
drawn unto death, and
those
that are ready to be slain;
20:024:012 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?
20:024:013 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good;
and the honeycomb,
which
is sweet to thy taste:
20:024:014 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.
20:024:015 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the
dwelling of the
righteous;
spoil not his resting place:
20:024:016 For a just man falleth seven times, and
riseth up again: but
the
wicked shall fall into mischief.


