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Proverbs 24

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1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
1 Do not envy the wicked, do not desire their company;
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.
3 Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.
5 A wise man [is] strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
5 The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
6 Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.
7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
7 Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
8 Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer.
9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
9 The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.
10 [If] thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.
10 If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!
11 If thou forbearest to deliver [them that are] drawn to death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and will [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honey-comb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] to thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:
15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
17 Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth:
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,
18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
19 Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.
20 for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
21 Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
22 for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?
23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:
24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come on them.
26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.
26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
27 Put your outdoor work in order and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
29 Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me; I’ll pay them back for what they did.”
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
30 I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it], [and] received instruction.
32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.
34 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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