Mishlei (Pro) 24
24
1Don’t be envious of evil people,
and don’t desire to be with them.
2For their minds are occupied with violence,
and their lips speak of making trouble.
3By wisdom a house is built,
by understanding it is made secure,
4and by knowledge its rooms are filled
with all kinds of costly and pleasant possessions.
5A wise man is strong;
yes, a man of knowledge grows in strength.
6For with clever strategy you wage your war,
and victory comes from having many advisers.
7Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;
he keeps his mouth shut at the city gate.
8He who plans to do evil
people call a schemer.
9The evil plans of the foolish are sin,
and people detest a scorner.
10If you slack off on a day of distress,
your strength is small indeed.
11Yes, rescue those being dragged off to death —
won’t you save those about to be killed?
12If you say, “We knew nothing about it,”
won’t he who weighs hearts discern it?
Yes, he who guards you will know it
and repay each one as his deeds deserve.
13My son, eat honey, for it is good;
honeycomb drippings are sweet to your taste.
14Know that wisdom is similar[ly sweet] to your soul;
if you find it, then you will have a future,
what you hope for will not be cut off.
15Don’t lurk like an outlaw near the home of the righteous,
don’t raid the place where he lives.
16For though he falls seven times, he will get up again;
it’s the wicked who fail under stress.
17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls;
don’t let your heart be glad when he stumbles.
18For Adonai might see it, and it would displease him;
he might withdraw his anger from your foe.
19Don’t get upset because of evildoers;
don’t be envious of the wicked.
20For the evil person has no future —
the lamp of the wicked will go out.
21My son, don’t get involved with revolutionaries,
but fear Adonai and the king.
22For disaster from them will suddenly appear,
and who knows what ruin they both can cause?
23These also are sayings of the wise:
Showing partiality in judgment is not good.
24He who tells the guilty, “You are innocent,”
will be cursed by peoples, reviled by nations;
25but with those who condemn him, things will go well,
and a good blessing will come upon them.
26Giving an honest answer
is like giving a kiss.
27Prepare your outside work,
and get things ready for yourself on the land;
after that, build your house.
28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason —
would you use your lips to deceive?
29Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me,
I’ll pay him back what his deeds deserve.”
30I passed by the field of the lazy man
and the vineyard of the man lacking sense.
31There it was, overgrown with thistles;
the ground was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
32I looked, and I thought about it;
I saw, and I learned this lesson:
33“I’ll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer,
just fold my hands for a little more sleep” —
34and poverty comes marching in on you,
scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.
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1Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
2For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.
3Through wisdom is a house builded;
And by understanding it is established;
4And by knowledge are the chambers filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
5A wise man is strong;
Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might.
6For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war;
And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool:
He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8He that deviseth to do evil,
Men shall call him a mischief-maker.
9The thought of foolishness is sin;
And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
10If thou faint in the day of adversity,
Thy strength is small.
11Deliver them that are carried away unto death,
And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back.
12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this;
Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?
And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
13My son, eat thou honey, for it is good;
And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;
If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward,
And thy hope shall not be cut off.
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous;
Destroy not his resting-place:
16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again;
But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him,
And he turn away his wrath from him.
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;
Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;
And company not with them that are given to change:
22For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it?
23These also are sayings of the wise.
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,
Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
And a good blessing shall come upon them.
26He kisseth the lips
Who giveth a right answer.
27Prepare thy work without,
And make it ready for thee in the field;
And afterwards build thy house.
28Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;
And deceive not with thy lips.
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.
30I went by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
The face thereof was covered with nettles,
And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I beheld, and considered well;
I saw, and received instruction:
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber,
And thy want as an armed man.
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