If they say, "Come with us! Let's lie in wait for blood; let's ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

I will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when what you fear comes,

when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Do not be afraid of sudden disaster, or the devastation that comes to the wicked.

Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back. I will pay you tomorrow," when you have cash with you.

You will cry out in anguish when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed,

then do this, my son, and deliver yourself, because you have come under your neighbor's control. Go, humble yourself! Plead passionately with your neighbor!

and your poverty will come on you like a bandit and your desperation like an armed man.

Therefore, I've come out to meet you, I've looked just for you, and I found you!

Come, let's make love until dawn; let's comfort ourselves with love,

"Come! Eat my food, and drink the wine that I have mixed.

Nothing good comes from ill-gotten wealth, but righteousness delivers from death.

Blessings come upon the head of the righteous, but the words of the wicked conceal violence.

What the wicked fears will come about, but the longing of the righteous will be granted.

When a wicked person dies, his hope vanishes; and what he expected from his scheming comes to nothing.

The righteous person is delivered from trouble; it comes upon the wicked instead.

A nation falls through a lack of guidance, but victory comes through the counsel of many.

People will curse whoever withholds grain, but blessing will come to whoever is selling.

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but profits come through the strength of the ox.

A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but learning comes easily to someone who understands.

When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.

A house and self-sufficiency are a father's inheritance, but from the LORD comes an insightful wife.

They will be destroyed suddenly, and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?

Then your poverty will come upon you like a robber, your need like an armed bandit.

Purge the dross from the silver, and material for a vessel comes forth for the silversmith.

for it is better that it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling.

Never brag about the day to come, because you don't know what it might bring.

Many seek a ruler's favor, but justice for a man comes from the LORD.