PR-24:1  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to

be with them.

PR-24:2  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips

talk of

mischief.

PR-24:3  Through wisdom is an house builded; and by

understanding it is

established:

PR-24:4  And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all

precious and

pleasant riches.

PR-24:5  A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge

increaseth strength.

PR-24:6  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in

multitude of

counsellors [there is] safety.

PR-24:7  Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his

mouth in the

gate.

PR-24:8  He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a

mischievous person.

PR-24:9  The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner

[is] an

abomination to men.

PR-24:10  [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength

[is] small.

PR-24:11  If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto

death, and

[those that are] ready to be slain;

PR-24:12  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 shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his

works?

PR-24:13  My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the

honeycomb,

[which is] sweet to thy taste:

PR-24:14  So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul:

when thou

hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy

expectation shall not

be cut off.

PR-24:15  Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of

the righteous;

spoil not his resting place:

PR-24:16  For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up

again: but the

wicked shall fall into mischief.

PR-24:17  Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not

thine heart be

glad when he stumbleth:

PR-24:18  Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he

turn away his

wrath from him.

PR-24:19  Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be

thou envious at

the wicked;

PR-24:20  For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the

candle of the

wicked shall be put out.

PR-24:21  My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle

not with them

that are given to change:

PR-24:22  For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who

knoweth the ruin of

them both?

PR-24:23  These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not

good to have

respect of persons in judgment.

PR-24:24  He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous;

him shall the

people curse, nations shall abhor him:

PR-24:25  But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a

good blessing

shall come upon them.

PR-24:26  [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right

answer.

PR-24:27  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself

in the field;

and afterwards build thine house.

PR-24:28  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;

and deceive

[not] with thy lips.

PR-24:29  Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I

will render to

the man according to his work.

PR-24:30  I went by the field of the slothful, and by the

vineyard of the man

void of understanding;

PR-24:31  And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and]

nettles had

covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken

down.

PR-24:32  Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon

[it, and]

received instruction.

PR-24:33  [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little

folding of the

hands to sleep:

PR-24:34  So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth;

and thy want as

an armed man.

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