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Proverbs 24

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

2 For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

3 The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

4 And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

5 A wise man is strong; and a man of knowledge makes strength greater.

6 For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

10 If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

11 Be the saviour of those who are given up to death, and do not keep back help from those who are slipping to destruction.

12 If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?

13 My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:

14 So let your desire be for wisdom: if you have it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

16 For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

17 Do not be glad at the fall of your hater, and let not your heart have joy at his downfall:

18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

19 Do not be troubled because of evil-doers, or have envy of sinners:

20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

21 My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:

22 For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

25 But those who say sharp words to him will have delight, and a blessing of good will come on them.

26 He gives a kiss with his lips who gives a right answer.

27 Put your work in order outside, and make it ready in the field; and after that, see to the building of your house.

28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

30 I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

31 And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

32 Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

33 A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

Orthodox Jewish Bible OJB

1 4 Be not thou envious of anshei ra’ah, neither desire to be with them.

2 For their lev plotteth violence, and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble).

3 Through chochmah is a bais built, and by tevunah (understanding) it is established.

4 And by da’as shall the chadarim (chambers, rooms) be filled with all precious and pleasant hon (riches, wealth).

5 A gever chacham is strong; indeed, an ish da’as (man of knowledge) increaseth ko’ach.

6 For by tachbulot (guidance) thou shalt wage thy milchamah (war), and in a multitude of yo’etz (counselors) there is teshu’ah (victory, safety).

7 Chochmah is too lofty for a fool; he openeth not his peh (mouth) at the sha’ar.

8 He that plotteth to do evil shall be called a ba’al mezimmot (master of schemes).

9 The scheme of folly is chattat (sin), and the scoffer is a to’evah to adam (man).

10 If thou faint in the yom tzarah, thy strength is small.

11 Save those who are drawn away toward mavet, and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter.

12 If thou sayest, See, we knew it not, doth not He that weigheth the levavot consider it? And He that is guard over thy nefesh, doth not He know it? And shall not He render to every adam according to his works?

13 Beni (my son), eat thou devash, because it is tov; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;

14 So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh; when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future), and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off.

15 Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; assault not his resting place;

16 For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again, but the resha’im are overthrown in ra’ah.

17 Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth,

18 Lest Hashem see it, and it is rah in His eyes, and He turn away His wrath from him.

19 Fret not thyself because of ra’im, neither be thou envious of the resha’im,

20 For there shall be no acharit (latter end, future) to the rah; the ner (light) of the resha’im shall be put out.

21 Beni (my son), fear thou Hashem and the Melech, and do not associate with them that are otherwise disposed.

22 For their calamity shall arise suddenly; and who hath da’as of ruin those two [i.e., Hashem and the Melech] can bring?

23 These things also belong to chachamim: it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat.

24 He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik, him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him;

25 But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well, and birkat tov shall come upon them.

26 He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct), giveth a kiss on the sfatayim.

27 Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.

28 Be not an ed (witness) against thy re’a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.

30 I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev [of understanding]),

31 And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32 Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; I looked upon it, and received musar.

33 Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep, a little folding of the yadayim to rest;

34 So shall thy poverty come like a prowler; and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).