24Proverbs 24

1Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:Select Proverbs 24:1

2Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.Select Proverbs 24:2

3By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.Select Proverbs 24:3

4By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.Select Proverbs 24:4

5A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant.Select Proverbs 24:5

6Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.Select Proverbs 24:6

7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he shall not open his mouth.Select Proverbs 24:7

8He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool.Select Proverbs 24:8

9The thought of a fool is sin: and the detractor is the abomination of men.Select Proverbs 24:9

10If thou lose hope, being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished.Select Proverbs 24:10

11Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death, forbear not to deliver.Select Proverbs 24:11

12If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, and he shall render to a man according to his works.Select Proverbs 24:12

13Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat.Select Proverbs 24:13

14So 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.Select Proverbs 24:14

15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest.Select Proverbs 24:15

16For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.Select Proverbs 24:16

17When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:Select Proverbs 24:17

18Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.Select Proverbs 24:18

19Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.Select Proverbs 24:19

20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.Select Proverbs 24:20

21My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with detractors.Select Proverbs 24:21

22For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?Select Proverbs 24:22

23These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment.Select Proverbs 24:23

24They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.Select Proverbs 24:24

25They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them.Select Proverbs 24:25

26He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.Select Proverbs 24:26

27Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house.Select Proverbs 24:27

28Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.Select Proverbs 24:28

29Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.Select Proverbs 24:29

30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:Select Proverbs 24:30

31And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.Select Proverbs 24:31

32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.Select Proverbs 24:32

33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.Select Proverbs 24:33

34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.Select Proverbs 24:34