Proverbs 24:1
Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Proverbs 24:2
For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 24:3
Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established,
Proverbs 24:4
and by knowledge the chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might.
Proverbs 24:6
For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:8
He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.
Proverbs 24:9
The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 24:10
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Proverbs 24:11
Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain.
Proverbs 24:12
If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?
Proverbs 24:13
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 the knowledge of wisdom is to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:15
Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place.
Proverbs 24:16
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
Proverbs 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
Proverbs 24:18
lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Proverbs 24:19
Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.
Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change.
Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it?
Proverbs 24:23
These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Proverbs 24:24
He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him.
Proverbs 24:25
But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Proverbs 24:26
He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips.
Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
Proverbs 24:32
Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
Proverbs 24:34
so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.