24Proverbs 24

1Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.Select Proverbs 24:1

2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.Select Proverbs 24:2

3By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.Select Proverbs 24:3

4And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, With all precious and pleasant wealth.Select Proverbs 24:4

5Mighty is the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,Select Proverbs 24:5

6For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.Select Proverbs 24:6

7Wisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.Select Proverbs 24:7

8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.Select Proverbs 24:8

9The thought of folly is sin, And an abomination to man is a scorner.Select Proverbs 24:9

10Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,Select Proverbs 24:10

11If from delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter--thou keepest back.Select Proverbs 24:11

12When 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.Select Proverbs 24:12

13Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.Select Proverbs 24:13

14So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.Select Proverbs 24:14

15Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.Select Proverbs 24:15

16For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.Select Proverbs 24:16

17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,Select Proverbs 24:17

18Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.Select Proverbs 24:18

19Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,Select Proverbs 24:19

20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.Select Proverbs 24:20

21Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,Select Proverbs 24:21

22For suddenly doth their calamity rise, And the ruin of them both--who knoweth!Select Proverbs 24:22

23These also are for the wise: --To discern faces in judgment is not good.Select Proverbs 24:23

24Whoso is saying to the wicked, `Thou art righteous,' Peoples execrate him--nations abhor him.Select Proverbs 24:24

25And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.Select Proverbs 24:25

26Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words.Select Proverbs 24:26

27Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.Select Proverbs 24:27

28Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.Select Proverbs 24:28

29Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'Select Proverbs 24:29

30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.Select Proverbs 24:30

31And lo, it hath gone up--all of it--thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.Select Proverbs 24:31

32And I see--I--I do set my heart, I have seen--I have received instruction,Select Proverbs 24:32

33A little sleep--a little slumber--A little folding of the hands to lie down.Select Proverbs 24:33

34And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!Select Proverbs 24:34