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Proverbs 24 (New International Version)

Proverbs 24

1 Do not envy wicked men,

do not desire their company;

2 for their hearts plot
violence,
and their lips talk about
making trouble.

3 By wisdom a house is built,

and through understanding it is
established;

4 through knowledge its rooms
are filled
with rare and beautiful
treasures.

5 A wise man has great power,

and a man of knowledge increases
strength;

6 for waging war you need
guidance,
and for victory many
advisers.

7 Wisdom is too high for a
fool;
in the assembly at the gate he
has nothing to say.

8 He who plots evil

will be known as a schemer.

9 The schemes of folly are
sin,
and men detest a mocker.

10 If you falter in times of
trouble,
how small is your strength!

11 Rescue those being led
away to death;
hold back those
staggering toward slaughter.

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 each person according to what he has done?

13 Eat honey, my son, for it
is good;
honey from the comb is sweet
to your taste.

14 Know also that wisdom is
sweet to your soul;
if you find it,
there is a future hope for you,
and
your hope will not be cut off.

15 Do not lie in wait like an
outlaw against a righteous man's house,

do not raid his dwelling place;

16 for though a righteous man
falls seven times, he rises again,
but
the wicked are brought down by calamity.

17 Do not gloat when your
enemy falls;
when he stumbles, do not
let your heart rejoice,

18 or the LORD will see and
disapprove
and turn his wrath away from
him.

19 Do not fret because of
evil men
or be envious of the wicked,

20 for the evil man has no
future hope,
and the lamp of the wicked
will be snuffed out.

21 Fear the LORD and the
king, my son,
and do not join with the
rebellious,

22 for those two will send
sudden destruction upon them,
and who
knows what calamities they can bring?

Further Sayings of the Wise

23 These also are sayings of
the wise:
To show partiality in judging
is not good:

24 Whoever says to the
guilty, "You are innocent"—
peoples will
curse him and nations denounce him.

25 But it will go well with
those who convict the guilty,
and rich
blessing will come upon them.

26 An honest answer

is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Finish your outdoor work

and get your fields ready;

after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against
your neighbor without cause,
or use
your lips to deceive.

29 Do not say, "I'll do to
him as he has done to me;
I'll pay that
man back for what he did."

30 I went past the field of
the sluggard,
past the vineyard of the
man who lacks judgment;

31 thorns had come up
everywhere,
the ground was covered with
weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what
I observed
and learned a lesson from
what I saw:

33 A little sleep, a little
slumber,
a little folding of the hands
to rest-

34 and poverty will come on
you like a bandit
and scarcity like an
armed man.

Footnotes:

Proverbs
24:34 Or like a vagrant / and scarcity like a beggar

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