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| Proverbs 24:1 | Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. | Be not thou envious of 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 | For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. | for their heart studieth destruction, 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 | Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: | Through wisdom is a house built, 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 | And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. | and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance. | 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; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. | A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength. | 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 | For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety. | For with good advice shalt thou 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: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. | Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open 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 evil shall be called a mischievous person. | He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues. | 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 foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. | The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner 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 faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. | [If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, 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 | If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; | Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter. | 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 sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? | If 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. | 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 | My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: | Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is 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 shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. | so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation 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 | Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: | Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste 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 man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. | For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. | 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 | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth; | 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 it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. | lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger 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 | Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; | Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of 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 there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. | for there shall be no future 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 thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: | My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle 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 calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? | For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? | 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 belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. | These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. | 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 | He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: | 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 | But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. | but to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh 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 | Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. | 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 make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. | Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, 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 a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. | Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive 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 so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man 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 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; | I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a 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, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. | and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall 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 | Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. | Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I 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 | Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: | A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! | 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 | So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. | So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury 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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