<vn='1'>Be <sn="408">not</s> thou <sn="7065">envious</s> against <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="376">men</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="183">desire</s> to <sn="1961">be</s><sn="854">with</s> them. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> their <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="1897">studieth</s><sn="7701">destruction</s>, and their <sn="8193">lips</s><sn="1696">talk</s> of <sn="5999">mischief</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Through <sn="2451">wisdom</s> is a <sn="1004">house</s><sn="1129">built</s>; and by <sn="8394">understanding</s> it is <sn="3559">established</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>And by <sn="1847">knowledge</s> shall the <sn="2315">chambers</s> be <sn="4390">filled</s> with <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3368">precious</s> and <sn="5273">pleasant</s><sn="1952">riches</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>A <sn="2450">wise</s><sn="1397">man</s> is <sn="5797">strong</s>; yea, a <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="1847">knowledge</s><sn="553">increaseth</s><sn="3581">strength</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3588">For</s> by wise <sn="8458">counsel</s> thou shalt <sn="6213">make</s> thy <sn="4421">war</s>: and in <sn="7230">multitude</s> of <sn="3289">counselors</s> there is <sn="8668">safety</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2454">Wisdom</s> is too <sn="7311">high</s> for a <sn="191">fool</s>: he <sn="6605">openeth</s><sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="6310">mouth</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He that <sn="2803">deviseth</s> to do <sn="7489">evil</s> shall be <sn="7121">called</s> a <sn="4209">mischievous</s><sn="1167">person</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>The <sn="2154">thought</s> of <sn="200">foolishness</s> is <sn="2403">sin</s>: and the <sn="3887">scorner</s> is an <sn="8441">abomination</s> to <sn="120">men</s>. </v>
<vn='10'> If thou <sn="7503">faint</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6869">adversity</s>, thy <sn="3581">strength</s> is <sn="6862">small</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="518">If</s> thou <sn="2820">forbear</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s> them that are <sn="3947">drawn</s> unto <sn="4194">death</s>, and those that are <sn="4131">ready</s> to be <sn="2027">slain</s>; </v>
<vn='12'><sn="3588">If</s> thou <sn="559">sayest</s>, <sn="2005">Behold</s>, we <sn="3045">knew</s><sn="2088">it</s><sn="3808">not</s>; doth <sn="3808">not</s> he that <sn="8505">pondereth</s> the <sn="3820">heart</s><sn="995">consider</s> it? and he that <sn="5341">keepeth</s> thy <sn="5315">soul</s>, doth not <sn="1931">he</s><sn="3045">know</s> it? and shall not he <sn="7725">render</s> to every <sn="120">man</s> according to his <sn="6467">works</s>? </v>
<vn='13'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="398">eat</s> thou <sn="1706">honey</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> it is <sn="2896">good</s>; and the <sn="5317">honeycomb</s>, which is <sn="4966">sweet</s><sn="5921">to</s> thy <sn="2441">taste</s>: </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3651">So</s> shall the <sn="3045">knowledge</s> of <sn="2451">wisdom</s> be unto thy <sn="5315">soul</s>: <sn="518">when</s> thou hast <sn="4672">found</s> it, then there shall <sn="3426">be</s> a <sn="319">reward</s>, and thy <sn="8615">expectation</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be cut <sn="3772">off</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Lay not <sn="408 693">wait</s>, O <sn="7563">wicked</s> man, against the <sn="5116">dwelling</s> of the <sn="6662">righteous</s>; <sn="7703">spoil</s><sn="408">not</s> his resting <sn="7258">place</s>: </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s> a <sn="6662">just</s> man <sn="5307">falleth</s><sn="7651">seven</s> times, and riseth up <sn="6965">again</s>: but the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall <sn="3782">fall</s> into <sn="7451">mischief</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="8055">Rejoice</s><sn="408">not</s> when thine <sn="341">enemy</s><sn="5307">falleth</s>, and let <sn="408">not</s> thine <sn="3820">heart</s> be <sn="1523">glad</s> when he <sn="3782">stumbleth</s>: </v>
<vn='18'><sn="6435">Lest</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">see</s> it, and it <sn="7489 5869">displease</s> him, and he turn <sn="7725">away</s> his <sn="639">wrath</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> him. </v>
<vn='19'>Fret not <sn="408 2734">thyself</s> because of <sn="7489">evil</s> men, <sn="408">neither</s> be thou <sn="7065">envious</s> at the <sn="7563">wicked</s>; </v>
<vn='20'><sn="3588">For</s> there shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="319">reward</s> to the <sn="7451">evil</s> man; the <sn="5216">candle</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s> shall be put <sn="1846">out</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>My <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="3372">fear</s> thou <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> and the <sn="4428">king</s>: and <sn="6148">meddle</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="5973">with</s> them that are given to <sn="8138">change</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3588">For</s> their <sn="343">calamity</s> shall <sn="6965">rise</s><sn="6597">suddenly</s>; and <sn="4310">who</s><sn="3045">knoweth</s> the <sn="6365">ruin</s> of them <sn="8147">both</s>? </v>
<vn='23'><sn="428">These</s> things <sn="1571">also</s> belong to the <sn="2450">wise</s>. It is <sn="1077">not</s><sn="2896">good</s> to have <sn="5234">respect</s> of <sn="6440">persons</s> in <sn="4941">judgment</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>He that <sn="559">saith</s> unto the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> art <sn="6662">righteous</s>; him shall the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="5344">curse</s>, <sn="3816">nations</s> shall <sn="2194">abhor</s> him: </v>
<vn='25'>But to them that <sn="3198">rebuke</s> him shall be <sn="5276">delight</s>, and a <sn="2896">good</s><sn="1293">blessing</s> shall <sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='26'> Every man shall <sn="5401">kiss</s> his <sn="8193">lips</s> that <sn="7725">giveth</s> a <sn="5228">right</s><sn="1697">answer</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3559">Prepare</s> thy <sn="4399">work</s><sn="2351">without</s>, and make it <sn="6257">fit</s> for thyself in the <sn="7704">field</s>; and <sn="310">afterwards</s><sn="1129">build</s> thine <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1961">Be</s><sn="408">not</s> a <sn="5707">witness</s> against thy <sn="7453">neighbor</s> without <sn="2600">cause</s>; and <sn="6601">deceive</s> not with thy <sn="8193">lips</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="559">Say</s><sn="408">not</s>, I will <sn="6213">do</s><sn="3651">so</s> to him <sn="834">as</s> he hath <sn="6213">done</s> to me: I will <sn="7725">render</s> to the <sn="376">man</s> according to his <sn="6467">work</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>I <sn="5674">went</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="7704">field</s> of the <sn="6102 376">slothful</s>, and <sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="3754">vineyard</s> of the <sn="120">man</s><sn="2638">void</s> of <sn="3820">understanding</s>; </v>
<vn='31'>And, <sn="2009">lo</s>, it was <sn="3605">all</s> grown <sn="5927">over</s> with <sn="7063">thorns</s>, and <sn="2738">nettles</s> had <sn="3680">covered</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> thereof, and the <sn="68">stone</s><sn="1444">wall</s> thereof was broken <sn="2040">down</s>. </v>
<vn='32'>Then <sn="595">I</s><sn="2372">saw</s>, and considered it <sn="7896 3820">well</s>: I <sn="7200">looked</s> upon it, and <sn="3947">received</s><sn="4148">instruction</s>. </v>
<vn='33'> Yet a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="8142">sleep</s>, a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="8572">slumber</s>, a <sn="4592">little</s><sn="2264">folding</s> of the <sn="3027">hands</s> to <sn="7901">sleep</s>: </v>
<vn='34'>So shall thy <sn="7389">poverty</s><sn="935">come</s> as one that <sn="1980">traveleth</s>; and thy <sn="4270">want</s> as an <sn="4043">armed</s><sn="376">man</s>. </v>