If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

When your dread comes like a storm
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor,
Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor.

Your poverty will come in like a vagabond
And your need like an armed man.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

“Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you.

“Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning;
Let us delight ourselves with caresses.

He has taken a bag of money with him,
At the full moon he will come home.”

“Come, eat of my food
And drink of the wine I have mixed.

What the wicked fears will come upon him,
But the desire of the righteous will be granted.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him.

Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline,
But he who regards reproof will be honored.

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe one with rags.

But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.

Then your poverty will come as a robber
And your want like an armed man.

For it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth
And does not know that want will come upon him.