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| Proverbs 24:1 | Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: | Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: |
| Proverbs 24:2 | Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. | For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble. |
| Proverbs 24:3 | By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. | The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: |
| Proverbs 24:4 | By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. | And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. |
| Proverbs 24:5 | A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. | A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater. |
| Proverbs 24:6 | Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels. | For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation. |
| Proverbs 24:7 | Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth. | Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place. |
| Proverbs 24:8 | He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. | He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs. |
| Proverbs 24:9 | The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men. | The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others. |
| Proverbs 24:10 | If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished. | If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small. |
| Proverbs 24:11 | Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver. | Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction. |
| 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 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? |
| Proverbs 24:13 | Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: | My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: |
| 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 let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
| Proverbs 24:15 | Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. | Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on 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 an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil. |
| Proverbs 24:17 | When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: | Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall: |
| Proverbs 24:18 | Lest the Lord see, 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. |
| Proverbs 24:19 | Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly: | Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners: |
| 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 will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out. |
| Proverbs 24:21 | My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters. | My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions: |
| Proverbs 24:22 | For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? | For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions? |
| Proverbs 24:23 | These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment. | These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging 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 who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations. |
| Proverbs 24:25 | They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a 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. |
| Proverbs 24:26 | He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. | He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer. |
| Proverbs 24:27 | Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst 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. |
| Proverbs 24:28 | Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips. | Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false. |
| 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 to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of 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 hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense; |
| 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 it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was 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 looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. |
| Proverbs 24:33 | Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest: | A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep: |
| Proverbs 24:34 | And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man. | So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man. |
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