Proverbs 24
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Saying Twenty
1#Ps 37:1; Pr 3:31 Do not be envious against evil men,
nor desire to be with them;
2#Ps 10:7; Job 15:35 for their heart studies destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.
Saying Twenty-One
3#Pr 14:1; 9:1 Through wisdom is a house built,
and by understanding it is established;
4and by knowledge the rooms will be filled
with all precious and pleasant riches.
Saying Twenty-Two
5#Pr 21:22 A wise man is strong;
yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.
6#Pr 11:14; 20:18 For by wise counsel you will wage your war,
and in multitude of counselors there is safety.
Saying Twenty-Three
7#Pr 14:6; Ps 10:5 Wisdom is too high for a fool;
he does not open his mouth in the gate.
Saying Twenty-Four
8#Ro 1:30; Pr 6:14 He who devises to do evil
will be called a schemer of plots.
9#Mt 15:19; Ac 8:22 The thought of foolishness is sin,
and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Saying Twenty-Five
10#Job 4:5 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
11#Ps 82:4; Isa 58:6–7 If you refrain to deliver those who are drawn unto death,
and those who are ready to be slain;
12#Job 34:11; 1Sa 16:7 if you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
does not He who ponders the heart consider it?
And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to every man according to his works?
Saying Twenty-Six
13#SS 5:1; Pr 25:16 My son, eat honey because it is good,
and the honeycomb that is sweet to your taste;
14#Pr 23:18; Ps 119:103 so shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
when you have found it, then there will be a reward,
and your expectation will not be cut off.
Saying Twenty-Seven
15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;
do not spoil his resting place;
16#Job 5:19; Ps 37:24 for a just man falls seven times and rises up again,
but the wicked will fall into mischief.
Saying Twenty-Eight
17#Job 31:29; Ps 35:15 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from him.
Saying Twenty-Nine
19#Ps 37:1; Pr 24:1 Do not fret because of evil men,
nor be envious of the wicked;
20#Pr 13:9; Job 18:5–6 for there will be no reward to the evil man;
the candle of the wicked will be put out.
Saying Thirty
21#Ro 13:1–7 My son, fear the Lord and the king;
and do not meddle with those who are given to change;
22for their calamity will rise suddenly,
and who knows the ruin of them both?
More Sayings of the Wise
23#Pr 18:5; 28:21These things also belong to the wise:
It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
24#Pr 17:15; 11:26 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
him the people will curse; nations will abhor him.
25#Pr 28:23 But to those who rebuke him will be delight,
and a good blessing will come upon them.
26Every man will kiss his lips
that gives a right answer.
27Prepare your work outside,
and make it fit for yourself in the field;
and afterwards build your house.
28#Eph 4:25; Pr 25:18 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
29#Pr 20:22 Do not say, “I will do so to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
30I went by the field of the slothful,
and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31and it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles covered its surface,
and the stone wall was broken down.
32Then I saw, and considered it;
I looked on it and received instruction:
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34#Pr 10:4 so your poverty will come like a stalker,
and your need as an armed man.
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