13. Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.
14. So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
15. Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
16. For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
17. In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
18. Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
19. Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
20. For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
21. Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,
22. For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both--who knoweth!
23. These also are for the wise: --To discern faces in judgment is not good.
24. Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,' Peoples execrate him-- nations abhor him.
25. And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.
26. Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.
27. Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.
28. Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
29. Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'
30. Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.