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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Proverbs 24
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1Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them; 2for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established; 4and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance. 5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate. 8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. 9The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
10 If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
11Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter. 12If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste: 14so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place. 16For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth; 18lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.
19Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked: 20for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change. 22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. 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 cometh upon them. 26He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
27Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
28Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive 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 a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding; 31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. 32Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction: 33— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! 34So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.