12 If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”won’t He who weighs hearts consider it?Won’t He who protects your life know?Won’t He repay a person according to his work?
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good,and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
14 realize that wisdom is the same for you. If you find it, you will have a future,and your hope will never fade.
15 Wicked man, don’t set an ambush,at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling.
16 Though a righteous man falls seven times,he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.
17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,and turn His wrath away from him.