1<\/sup>Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, end he shall render to a man according to his works.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat:<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>For a just mall shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly:<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:<\/span> <\/p>\n 31<\/sup>And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.<\/span> <\/p>\n 32<\/sup>Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.<\/span> <\/p>\n 33<\/sup>Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:<\/span> <\/p>\n 34<\/sup>And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.<\/span> <\/p>\n