Page 429 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)

noth ing about this," does not He Who weighs the heart per ceive

it? Does not He Who guards your life know it? Will He not re pay
each per son ac cord ing to what he has done? Eat hon ey, my son,
for it is good; hon ey from the comb is sweet to your taste. Know
al so that wis dom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a fu -
ture hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off. Do not lie in
wait like an out law against a right eous man's house, do not raid
his dwell ing place; for though a right eous man falls sev en times,
he ris es again, but the wick ed are brought down by ca lam i ty. Do
not gloat when your en e my falls; when he stum bles, do not let

your heart re joice, or the Lord will see and dis ap prove... Do not
fret be cause of evil men or be en vi ous of the wick ed, for the evil
man has no fu ture hope... Fear the Lord... my son, and do not
join with the re bel lious... These al so are say ings of the wise: To
show par ti al i ty in judg ing is not good: Whoever says to the
guilty, "You are in no cent"—peo ples will curse him and na tions
de nounce him... Do not tes ti fy against your neigh bor with out

cause, or use your lips to de ceive. Do not say, "I'll do to him as he
has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did." I went
past the field of the slug gard, past the vine yard of the man who
lacks judg ment; thorns had come up ev ery where, the ground was
cov ered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ru ins. I ap plied
my heart to what I ob served and learned a les son from what I
saw: A lit tle sleep, a lit tle slum ber, a lit tle fold ing of the hands to
rest—and pov er ty will come on you like a ban dit and scar ci ty like
an armed man. (Proverbs, 24:1-34)

A word apt ly spo ken is like ap ples of gold in set tings of sil ver.
Like an ear ring of gold or an or na ment of fine gold is a wise
man's re buke to a lis ten ing ear. Like the cool ness of snow at har -

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