13. If you eat honey, my son, because it is good,if pure honey is sweet to your taste,
14. Such, you must know, is wisdom to your soul.If you find it, you will have a future,and your hope will not be cut off.
15. Do not lie in wait at the abode of the just,do not ravage their dwelling places;
16. Though the just fall seven times, they rise again,but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.
17. Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,and when they stumble, do not let your heart exult,
18. Lest the Lord see it, be displeased with you,and withdraw his wrath from your enemies.
19. Do not be provoked at evildoers,do not envy the wicked;
20. For the evil have no future,the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21. My son, fear the Lord and the king;have nothing to do with those who hate them;
23. These also are Words of the Wise:To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24. Whoever says to the guilty party, “You are innocent,”will be cursed by nations, scorned by peoples;
25. But those who render just verdicts will fare well,and on them will come the blessing of prosperity.