23:32. But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk. 23:33. Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. 23:34. And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep when the stern is lost. 23:35. And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake and find wine again? Proverbs Chapter 24 24:1. Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: 24:2. Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. 24:3. By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. 24:4. By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. 24:5. A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. 24:6. Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels. 24:7. Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth. 24:8. He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. 24:9. The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men. 24:10. If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished. 24:11. Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver. 24:12. If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works. 24:13. Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat. 24:14. So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. 24:15. Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. 24:16. For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. 24:17. When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: 24:18. Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. 24:19. Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly. 24:20. For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. 24:21. My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors. 24:22. For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? 24:23. These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment. 24:24. They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. 24:25. They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them. 24:26. He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.