hath redness of
eyes?

23:30. Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink off
their cups.

23:31. Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof
shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,

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 hi