Proverbs 24
24
1Don’t be envious of evil men,
neither desire to be with them;
2for their hearts plot violence
and their lips talk about mischief.
3Through wisdom a house is built;
by understanding it is established;
4by knowledge the rooms are filled
with all rare and beautiful treasure.
5A wise man has great power.
A knowledgeable man increases strength,
6for by wise guidance you wage your war,
and victory is in many advisors.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool.
He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8One who plots to do evil
will be called a schemer.
9The schemes of folly are sin.
The mocker is detested by men.
10If you falter in the time of trouble,
your strength is small.
11Rescue those who are being led away to death!
Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,”
doesn’t he who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, doesn’t he know it?
Shall he not render to every man according to his work?
13My son, eat honey, for it is good,
the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
If you have found it, then there will be a reward:
Your hope will not be cut off.
15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
Don’t destroy his resting place;
16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again,
but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.
19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers,
neither be envious of the wicked;
20for there will be no reward to the evil man.
The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21My son, fear Yahweh and the king.
Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22for their calamity will rise suddenly.
Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
23These also are sayings of the wise:
To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and a rich blessing will come on them.
26An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
27Prepare your work outside,
and get your fields ready.
Afterwards, build your house.
28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.
29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will repay the man according to his work.”
30I went by the field of the sluggard,
by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
Its surface was covered with nettles,
and its stone wall was broken down.
32Then I saw, and considered well.
I saw, and received instruction:
33a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34so your poverty will come as a robber
and your want as an armed man.
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Mishle 24
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1Be not thou envious of anshei ra'ah, neither desire to be with them.
2For their lev plotteth violence, and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble).
3Through chochmah is a bais built, and by tevunah (understanding) it is established.
4And by da'as shall the chadarim (chambers, rooms) be filled with all precious and pleasant hon (riches, wealth).
5A gever chacham is strong; indeed, an ish da'as (man of knowledge) increaseth ko'ach.
6For by tachbulot (guidance) thou shalt wage thy milchamah (war), and in a multitude of yo'etz (counselors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety).
7Chochmah is too lofty for a fool; he openeth not his peh (mouth) at the sha'ar.
8He that plotteth to do evil shall be called a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes).
9The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man).
10If thou faint in the yom tzarah, thy strength is small.
11Save those who are drawn away toward mavet, and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter.
12If thou sayest, See, we knew it not, doth not He that weigheth the levavot consider it? And He that is guard over thy nefesh, doth not He know it? And shall not He render to every adam according to his works?
13Beni (my son), eat thou devash, because it is tov; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;
14So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh; when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future), and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off.
15Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; assault not his resting place;
16For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again, but the resha'im are overthrown in ra'ah.
17Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth,
18Lest Hashem see it, and it is rah in His eyes, and He turn away His wrath from him.
19Fret not thyself because of ra'im, neither be thou envious of the resha'im,
20For there shall be no acharit (latter end, future) to the rah; the ner (light) of the resha'im shall be put out.
21Beni (my son), fear thou Hashem and the Melech, and do not associate with them that are otherwise disposed.
22For their calamity shall arise suddenly; and who hath da'as of ruin those two#24:22 i.e., Hashem and the Melech can bring?
23These things also belong to chachamim: it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat.
24He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik, him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him;
25But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well, and birkat tov shall come upon them.
26He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct), giveth a kiss on the sfatayim.
27Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.
28Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).
29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.
30I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev ),#24:30 of understanding
31And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; I looked upon it, and received musar.
33Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep, a little folding of the yadayim to rest;
34So shall thy poverty come like a prowler; and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).
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