If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.