PR-23: 11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. PR-23: 12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. PR-23: 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. PR-23: 14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. PR-23: 15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. PR-23: 16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. PR-23: 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long. PR-23: 18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. PR-23: 19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. PR-23: 20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: PR-23: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags. PR-23: 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. PR-23: 23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. PR-23: 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him. PR-23: 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. PR-23: 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. PR-23: 27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit. PR-23: 28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. PR-23: 29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? PR-23: 30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. PR-23: 31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright. PR-23: 32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. PR-23: 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. PR-23: 34 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. PR-23: 35 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. PR-24: 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. PR-24: 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. PR-24: 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: PR-24: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. PR-24: 5 A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. PR-24: 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety. PR-24: 7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. PR-24: 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. PR-24: 9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men. PR-24: 10 [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. PR-24: 11 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; PR-24: 12 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? PR-24: 13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: PR-24: 14 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. PR-24: 15 Lay not wait, O wicked [man] , against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: PR-24: 16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. PR-24: 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: PR-24: 18 Lest the LORD see [it] , and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. PR-24: 19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men] , neither be thou envious at the wicked; PR-24: 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man] ; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. PR-24: 21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change: PR-24: 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? PR-24: 23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment. PR-24: 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: PR-24: 25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. PR-24: 26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer. PR-24: 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. PR-24: 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips. PR-24: 29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. PR-24: 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; PR-24: 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. PR-24: 32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. PR-24: 33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: PR-24: 34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. PR-25: 1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. PR-25: 2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter. PR-25: 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable. PR-25: 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. PR-25: 5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. PR-25: 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men] : PR-25: 7 For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. PR-25: 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. PR-25: 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself] ; and discover not a secret to another: PR-25: 10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. PR-25: 11 A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver. PR-25: 12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. PR-25: 13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.