24Proverbs 24

1Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:Select Proverbs 24:1

2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.Select Proverbs 24:2

3Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;Select Proverbs 24:3

4by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.Select Proverbs 24:4

5A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;Select Proverbs 24:5

6for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.Select Proverbs 24:6

7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.Select Proverbs 24:7

8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.Select Proverbs 24:8

9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.Select Proverbs 24:9

10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.Select Proverbs 24:10

11Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!Select Proverbs 24:11

12If 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?Select Proverbs 24:12

13My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:Select Proverbs 24:13

14so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off.Select Proverbs 24:14

15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place:Select Proverbs 24:15

16for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.Select Proverbs 24:16

17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;Select Proverbs 24:17

18lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.Select Proverbs 24:18

19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:Select Proverbs 24:19

20for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out.Select Proverbs 24:20

21My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:Select Proverbs 24:21

22for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?Select Proverbs 24:22

23These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.Select Proverbs 24:23

24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him—Select Proverbs 24:24

25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.Select Proverbs 24:25

26An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.Select Proverbs 24:26

27Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.Select Proverbs 24:27

28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.Select Proverbs 24:28

29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”Select Proverbs 24:29

30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;Select Proverbs 24:30

31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.Select Proverbs 24:31

32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:Select Proverbs 24:32

33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;Select Proverbs 24:33

34so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.Select Proverbs 24:34