If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; And call understanding thy kinswoman:

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

It is a snare to a man rashly to say, It is holy, And after vows to make inquiry.

They have stricken me,'shalt thou say , and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.

The horseleach hath two daughters, crying , Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, Yea , four that say not, Enough:

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; Nor for princes to say , Where is strong drink?