Proverbs 24
24
The Nineteenth Saying
1Don't be envious of evil people, and don't try to make friends with them. 2Causing trouble is all they ever think about; every time they open their mouth someone is going to be hurt.
The Twentieth Saying
3Homes are built on the foundation of wisdom and understanding.#24.3 Homes… understanding; or It takes care to lay the foundations of a house, and skill to build it. 4Where there is knowledge, the rooms are furnished with valuable, beautiful things.
The 21st Saying
5Being wise is better than being strong;#24.5 Some ancient translations Being wise is better than being strong; Hebrew A person is wise in strength. yes, knowledge is more important than strength. 6After all, you must make careful plans before you fight a battle, and the more good advice you get, the more likely you are to win.
The 22nd Saying
7Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed.
The 23rd Saying
8If you are always planning evil, you will earn a reputation as a troublemaker. 9Any scheme a fool thinks up is sinful. People hate a person who has nothing but scorn for others.
The 24th Saying
10If you are weak in a crisis, you are weak indeed.
The 25th Saying
11Don't hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly. 12You may say that it is none of your business, but God knows and judges your motives. He keeps watch on you; he knows. And he will reward you according to what you do.
The 26th Saying
13Son, eat honey; it is good. And just as honey from the comb is sweet on your tongue, 14you may be sure that wisdom is good for the soul. Get wisdom and you have a bright future.
The 27th Saying
15Don't be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes. 16No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.
The 28th Saying
17Don't be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don't rejoice when they stumble. 18The LORD will know if you are gloating, and he will not like it; and then he might not punish them.
The 29th Saying
19Don't let evil people worry you; don't be envious of them. 20A wicked person has no future — nothing to look forward to.
The Thirtieth Saying
21Have reverence for the LORD, my child, and honour the king. Have nothing to do with people who rebel against them; 22such people could be ruined in a moment. Do you realize the disaster that God or the king can cause?
More Wise Sayings
23The wise have also said these things:
It is wrong for judges to be prejudiced. 24If they pronounce a guilty person innocent, they will be cursed and hated by everyone. 25Judges who punish the guilty, however, will be prosperous and enjoy a good reputation.
26An honest answer is a sign of true friendship.
27Don't build your house and establish a home until your fields are ready, and you are sure that you can earn a living.
28Don't give evidence against someone else without good reason, or say misleading things about him. 29Don't say, “I'll do to him just what he did to me! I'll get even with him!”
30I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person. 31They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall round them had fallen down. 32I looked at this, thought about it, and learned a lesson from it: 33#Prov 6.10–11have a nap and sleep if you want to. Fold your hands and rest awhile, 34but while you are asleep, poverty will attack you like an armed robber.
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Mishlĕ (Proverbs) 24
24
1Do not envy evil men, Nor desire to be with them;
2For their heart plots to ravage, And their lips talk of trouble.
3By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established;
4And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.
5Mighty is the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge strengthens power;
6For by wise guidance you wage your own battle, And delivery is by a great counsellor.
7Wisdom is high for a fool; He does not open his mouth in the gate.
8He who plots to do evil Is called a master of evil plots.
9The purpose of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
10If you falter in the day of distress, Your strength is small!
11Deliver those taken to death, And hold back those stumbling to the kill,
12If you say, “See, we did not know this,” Would not He who weighs the hearts discern it? He who watches over your life, Would He not know it? And shall He not repay man according to his work?
13My son, eat honey, for it is good, And the honeycomb, sweet to your taste;
14Know that wisdom is thus to your being; If you have found it, there is a future, And your expectancy is not cut off.
15Do not lie in wait, O wrong one, Against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not ravage his resting place;
16For seven times a righteous man falls and rises, But the wrong one stumbles into evil.
17Do not exult when your enemy falls, And let not your heart rejoice when he stumbles;
18Lest יהוה see and it be evil in His eyes, And He turn away His wrath from him.
19Do not fret because of evil-doers, And do not envy the wrong;
20For there is no future for the evil-doer; The lamp of the wrongdoers is put out.
21My son, fear יהוה and the sovereign; Do not mingle with those who change;
22For their calamity arises suddenly, And who knows the ruin of both of them?
23These also are for the wise: It is not good to show partiality in right-ruling.
24He who says to the wrong, “You are righteous” – peoples curse him, Nations despise him.
25But those who rebuke the wrong, It is pleasant, and a good blessing comes on them.
26He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
27Prepare your outside work, And make it fit for yourself in the field; Then you shall build your house.
28Do not witness against your neighbour without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
29Do not say, “Let me do to him as he did to me; I repay each according to his work.”
30I passed by the field of the lazy, And by the vineyard of the man lacking heart;
31And see, it was all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; And its stone wall was broken down.
32When I saw it, I set my heart on it; I looked and received discipline:
33A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
34And your poverty shall come, a prowler, And your need like an armed man.
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