Proverbs 24
Proverbs 24:1 Don’t envy the evil or wish to be with them,
Proverbs 24:2 because their hearts plan violence, and their words stir up trouble.
Proverbs 24:3 A house is built by wisdom, and it is established by understanding;
Proverbs 24:4 by knowledge the rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
Proverbs 24:5 A wise warrior is better than a strong one, and a man of knowledge than one of strength;
Proverbs 24:6 because you should wage war with sound guidance — victory comes with many counselors.
Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is inaccessible to a fool; he does not open his mouth at the city gate.
Proverbs 24:8 The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.
Proverbs 24:9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to people.
Proverbs 24:10 If you do nothing in a difficult time, your strength is limited.
Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those being taken off to death and restrain those stumbling toward slaughter.
Proverbs 24:12 If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,” won’t he who weighs hearts consider it? Won’t he who protects your throat know? Won’t he repay a person according to his work?
Proverbs 24:13 Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Proverbs 24:14 realize that wisdom is the same for your throat. If you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will never fade.
Proverbs 24:15 Don’t set an ambush, you wicked one, at the camp of the righteous man; don’t destroy his dwelling.
Proverbs 24:16 Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will trip into ruin.
Proverbs 24:17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls, and don’t let your heart rejoice when he trips,
Proverbs 24:18 or Yahveh will see, be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
Proverbs 24:19 Don’t be agitated by evildoers, and don’t envy the wicked.
Proverbs 24:20 Because the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Proverbs 24:21 My son, fear Yahveh, as well as the king, and don’t associate with rebels,
Proverbs 24:22 because destruction will come suddenly from them; who knows what distress these two can bring?
Proverbs 24:23 These sayings also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
Proverbs 24:24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent” — people will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
Proverbs 24:25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a generous blessing will come to them.
Proverbs 24:26 He who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 24:27 Complete your outdoor work, and prepare your field; afterward, build your house.
Proverbs 24:28 Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
Proverbs 24:29 Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me; I’ll repay the man for what he has done.”
Proverbs 24:30 I went by the field of an idler and by the vineyard of one lacking sense.
Proverbs 24:31 Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Proverbs 24:32 I saw, and took it to heart; I looked, and received training:
Proverbs 24:33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,
Proverbs 24:34 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need, like a mugger.
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