8. As they calculate how to do evil,people brand them troublemakers.
9. The scheme of a fool gains no acceptance,the scoffer is an abomination to the community.
10. Did you fail in a day of adversity,did your strength fall short?
11. Did you fail to rescue those who were being dragged off to death,those tottering, those near death,
12. because you said, “We didn’t know about it”?Surely, the Searcher of hearts knowsand will repay all according to their deeds.
13. If you eat honey, my son, because it is good,if pure honey is sweet to your taste,
14. Such, you must know, is wisdom to your soul.If you find it, you will have a future,and your hope will not be cut off.
15. Do not lie in wait at the abode of the just,do not ravage their dwelling places;
16. Though the just fall seven times, they rise again,but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.
17. Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,and when they stumble, do not let your heart exult,