29  lWho has woe? Who has sorrow?

Who has strife? Who has complaining?

Who has mwounds without cause?

Who has nredness of eyes?

30  Those who otarry long over wine;

those who go to try pmixed wine.

31  Do not look at wine when it is red,

when it sparkles in the cup

and goes down smoothly.

32  In the end it qbites like a serpent

and stings like an adder.

33  Your eyes will see strange things,

and your heart utter rperverse things.

34  You will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea,

like one who lies on the top of a mast.8

35  “They sstruck me,” you will say,9 “but I was not hurt;

they beat me, but I did not feel it.

When shall I awake?

I tmust have another drink.”

24 Be not uenvious of evil men,

nor desire to be vwith them,

2  for their hearts wdevise violence,

and their lips xtalk of trouble.

3  By ywisdom a house is built,

and by understanding it is established;

4  by knowledge the rooms are filled

with all zprecious and pleasant riches.

5  aA wise man is full of strength,

and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

6  for by bwise guidance you can wage your war,

and in cabundance of counselors there is victory.

7  Wisdom is dtoo high for a fool;

in ethe gate he does not open his mouth.

8  Whoever fplans to do evil

will be called a schemer.

9  gThe devising1 of folly is sin,

and hthe scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

10  If you ifaint in the day of adversity,

your strength is small.

11  jRescue those who are being taken away to death;

hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.

12  If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”

kdoes not he who lweighs the heart perceive it?

Does not he who mkeeps watch over your soul know it,

and will he not repay man naccording to his work?

13  My son, oeat honey, for it is good,

and pthe drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.

14  Know that wisdom is such to your soul;

if you find it, there will be qa future,

and your hope will not be cut off.