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| Proverbs 24:1 | Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. | Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: |
| Proverbs 24:2 | For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak. | For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief. |
| Proverbs 24:3 | By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself. | Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; |
| Proverbs 24:4 | And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth. | And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. |
| Proverbs 24:5 | Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power, | A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might |
| Proverbs 24:6 | For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors. | For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
| Proverbs 24:7 | Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth. | Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate. |
| Proverbs 24:8 | Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts. | He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker. |
| Proverbs 24:9 | The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner. | The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men. |
| Proverbs 24:10 | Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power, | If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small. |
| Proverbs 24:11 | If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter thou keepest back. | Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back. |
| Proverbs 24:12 | 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. | 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? |
| Proverbs 24:13 | Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb sweet to thy palate. | My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: |
| Proverbs 24:14 | 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. | 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. |
| Proverbs 24:15 | Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place. | Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: |
| Proverbs 24:16 | For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. | For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. |
| Proverbs 24:17 | In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful, | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; |
| Proverbs 24:18 | Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger. | Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. |
| Proverbs 24:19 | Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked, | Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: |
| Proverbs 24:20 | For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished. | For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
| Proverbs 24:21 | Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself, | My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change: |
| Proverbs 24:22 | For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both who knoweth! | For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it? |
| Proverbs 24:23 | These also are for the wise: To discern faces in judgment is not good. | These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. |
| Proverbs 24:24 | Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou [art] righteous,` Peoples execrate him nations abhor him. | He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him: |
| Proverbs 24:25 | And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing. | But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them. |
| Proverbs 24:26 | Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words. | He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer. |
| Proverbs 24:27 | Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house. | Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house. |
| Proverbs 24:28 | Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips. | Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips. |
| Proverbs 24:29 | Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each 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. |
| Proverbs 24:30 | Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. | I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; |
| Proverbs 24:31 | And lo, it hath gone up all of it thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been 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. |
| Proverbs 24:32 | And I see I I do set my heart, I have seen I have received instruction, | Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: |
| Proverbs 24:33 | A little sleep a little slumber A little folding of the hands to lie down. | [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; |
| Proverbs 24:34 | And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man! | So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. |
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