Proverbs 24:10-22

English Standard Version

¹⁰ If you ^(A)faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.
^11 (B)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
¹² If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    ^(C)does not he who ^(D)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who ^(E)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man ^(F)according to his work?

¹³ My son, ^(G)eat honey, for it is good,
    and ^(H)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
¹⁴ Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be ^(I)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

^15 (J)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
    do no violence to his home;
^16 (K)for the righteous falls ^(L)seven times and rises again,
    but ^(M)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

^17 (N)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
    and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
¹⁸ lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
    and turn away his anger from him.

^19 (O)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
    and be not ^(P)envious of the wicked,
²⁰ for the evil man has no ^(Q)future;
    ^(R)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

²¹ My son, ^(S)fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not join with those who do otherwise,
²² for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
    and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?