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.
16. For a just man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into evil.
17. Do not rejoice when thy enemy falls, and do not let thy heart be glad when he stumbles
18. lest the Lord see it and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19. Do not meddle with those who are evil, neither be envious of the wicked;
20. for the evil man shall not come to a good end; the fire of the wicked shall be put out.
21. My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not meddle with those that are given to change,
22. for their calamity shall rise suddenly; and the ruin of them both, who shall know it?
23. These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24. He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the peoples curse, nations shall abhor him: