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If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us wantonly ambush the innocent;
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when panic strikes you like a storm, and your calamity comes like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.
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For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
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for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
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none who go to her come back nor do they regain the paths of life.
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Do not be afraid of sudden panic, or of the ruin of the wicked, when it comes;
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Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it”—when you have it with you.
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then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into your neighbor’s power: go, hasten, and importune your neighbor.
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and poverty will come upon you like a vagabond, and want like an armed man.
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therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
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so now I have come out to meet you, to seek you eagerly, and I have found you.
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Come, let us take our fill of love till morning; let us delight ourselves with love.
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he took a bag of money with him; at full moon he will come home.”
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Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;
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“Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
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The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.
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What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
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The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nought.
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When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.
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When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.
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He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
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The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin, but the root of the righteous stands firm.
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From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man’s hand comes back to him.
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He who guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
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Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.
