Proverbs 24:13–22

Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;

honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:

If you find it, there is a future hope for you,

and your hope will not be cut off.i

Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,

do not plunder their dwelling place;

16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,

but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.j

Saying 28

17 Do not gloatk when your enemy falls;

when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,l

18 or the Lord will see and disapprove

and turn his wrath away from them.m

Saying 29

19 Do not fretn because of evildoers

or be envious of the wicked,

20 for the evildoer has no future hope,

and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.o

Saying 30

21 Fear the Lord and the king,p my son,

and do not join with rebellious officials,

22 for those two will send sudden destructionq on them,

and who knows what calamities they can bring?