10. If thou art slack in the day of tribulation, thy strength shall be reduced.
11. If thou forbear to deliver those that are drawn unto death and those that are ready to be slain,
12. if thou should say, Behold, we knew it not; shall not he that weighs the hearts understand it? and he that keeps thy soul, does he not know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?
13. My son, eat of the honey, because it is good, and of the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14. So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: if thou shalt find it, and in the end thy hope shall not be cut off.
15. Do not lay in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; do not spoil his resting place.