The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 24, Verse 2

For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.

At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

King James Version

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

American Standard Version

For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

New English Translation

for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

World English Bible

for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

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

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

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?