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| Proverbs 24:1 | Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: | Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: | Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: | Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. |
| Proverbs 24:2 | Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. | For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief. | For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble. | For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak. |
| Proverbs 24:3 | By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. | Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; | The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: | By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. |
| Proverbs 24:4 | By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. | And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. | And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. | And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth. |
| Proverbs 24:5 | A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. | A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might | A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater. | Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power, |
| Proverbs 24:6 | Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels. | For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. | For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation. | For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. |
| Proverbs 24:7 | Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth. | Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate. | Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place. | Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth. |
| Proverbs 24:8 | He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. | He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker. | He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs. | Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts. |
| Proverbs 24:9 | The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men. | The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men. | The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others. | The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner. |
| Proverbs 24:10 | If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished. | If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small. | If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small. | Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power, |
| Proverbs 24:11 | Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver. | Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back. | Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. | If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter thou keepest back. |
| Proverbs 24:12 | If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, end he shall render to a man according to his works. | If 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? | If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work? | When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.` Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work. |
| Proverbs 24:13 | Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: | My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: | My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: | Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb sweet to thy palate. |
| Proverbs 24:14 | So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. | So 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. | So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. | So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off. |
| Proverbs 24:15 | Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. | Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: | Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place: | Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. |
| Proverbs 24:16 | For a just mall shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. | For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. | For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil. | For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. |
| Proverbs 24:17 | When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; | Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall: | In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, |
| Proverbs 24:18 | Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. | Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. | For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him. | Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger. |
| Proverbs 24:19 | Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly: | Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: | Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners: | Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked, |
| Proverbs 24:20 | For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. | For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. | For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out. | For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. |
| Proverbs 24:21 | My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters. | My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change: | My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions: | Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself, |
| Proverbs 24:22 | For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? | For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it? | For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions? | For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both who knoweth! |
| Proverbs 24:23 | These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment. | These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. | These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good. | These also are for the wise: To discern faces in judgment is not good. |
| Proverbs 24:24 | They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. | He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him: | He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations. | Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,` Peoples execrate him nations abhor him. |
| Proverbs 24:25 | They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them. | But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them. | But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them. | And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing. |
| Proverbs 24:26 | He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. | He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer. | He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer. | Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words. |
| Proverbs 24:27 | Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house. | Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house. | Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house. | Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house. |
| Proverbs 24:28 | Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips. | Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips. | Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false. | Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips. |
| Proverbs 24:29 | Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work. | Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. | Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work. | Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.` |
| Proverbs 24:30 | I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: | I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; | I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; | Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. |
| Proverbs 24:31 | And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. | And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. | And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down. | And lo, it hath gone up all of it thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. |
| Proverbs 24:32 | Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. | Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: | Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. | And I see I I do set my heart, I have seen I have received instruction, |
| Proverbs 24:33 | Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest: | [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; | A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: | A little sleep a little slumber A little folding of the hands to lie down. |
| Proverbs 24:34 | And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man. | So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. | So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man. | And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man! |
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