¹³ Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
¹⁴ Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.^(A)

¹⁶ for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.^(A)

²⁰ for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.^(A)

²¹ Fear the Lord and the king,^(B) my son,
    and do not join with rebellious officials,
²² for those two will send sudden destruction^(C) on them,
    and who knows what calamities they can bring?