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| Proverbs 24:1 | Don't you be envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: | Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them: |
| Proverbs 24:2 | For their hearts plot violence, And their lips talk about mischief. | For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble. |
| Proverbs 24:3 | Through wisdom a house is built; By understanding it is established; | The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong: |
| Proverbs 24:4 | By knowledge the rooms are filled With all rare and beautiful treasure. | And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things. |
| Proverbs 24:5 | A wise man has great power; And a knowledgeable man increases strength; | A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater. |
| Proverbs 24:6 | For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors. | 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: He doesn't open his mouth in the gate. | Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place. |
| Proverbs 24:8 | One who plots to do evil Will be called a schemer. | He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs. |
| Proverbs 24:9 | The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men. | The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others. |
| Proverbs 24:10 | If you falter in the time of trouble, Your strength is small. | If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small. |
| Proverbs 24:11 | Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the 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. |
| Proverbs 24:12 | If you say, "Behold, we didn't know this;" Doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not 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? |
| Proverbs 24:13 | My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste: | My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste: |
| Proverbs 24:14 | So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; If you have found it, then will there be a reward, Your hope will 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. |
| Proverbs 24:15 | Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy 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: |
| Proverbs 24:16 | For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises 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. |
| Proverbs 24:17 | Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your 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: |
| Proverbs 24:18 | Lest Yahweh 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. |
| Proverbs 24:19 | Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; Neither be envious of the wicked: | Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners: |
| Proverbs 24:20 | For there will be no reward to the evil man; And the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed 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 Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious: | 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 calamity will rise suddenly; The destruction from them both who knows? | For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions? |
| Proverbs 24:23 | These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality 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. |
| Proverbs 24:24 | He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him | He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations. |
| Proverbs 24:25 | But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, And a rich blessing will come on them. | But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them. |
| Proverbs 24:26 | An honest answer Is like a kiss on the lips. | He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer. |
| Proverbs 24:27 | Prepare your work outside. Make it ready for you in the field. Afterwards, build your 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 | Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips. | Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false. |
| Proverbs 24:29 | Don't say, "I will do to him as he has 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. |
| Proverbs 24:30 | I went by the field of the sluggard, 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; |
| Proverbs 24:31 | Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, 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. |
| Proverbs 24:32 | Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: | Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it. |
| Proverbs 24:33 | 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: |
| Proverbs 24:34 | So shall your poverty come as a robber, And your want as an armed man. | So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man. |
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