Pro 24:1 Do not envy evil men, nor desire to be with them.
Pro 24:2 For their heart studies violence, and their lips talk of mischief.
Pro 24:3 Through wisdom a house is built, and it is established by understanding,
Pro 24:4 and by knowledge the inner parts shall be filled with precious and pleasant riches.
Pro 24:5 A wise warrior is in strength: yes, a man of knowledge firms up power.
Pro 24:6 For you shall make war for yourself by wise advice, and safety is in the abundance of counselors.
Pro 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
Pro 24:8 He who plots to do evil shall be called a lord of evil plots.
Pro 24:9 The plot of foolishness is sin, and the scorner is hateful to men.
Pro 24:10 Your strength is small if you faint in the day of distress,
Pro 24:11 if you hold back to deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling for killing.
Pro 24:12 For you say, Behold, we did not know this. Does not He who weighs the heart consider it? And the One who keeps your soul, does He not know? Yea, He repays to a man according to his work.
Pro 24:13 My son, eat honey because it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Pro 24:14 so shall knowledge of wisdom be to your soul when you have found there is a future and your hope is not cut off.
Pro 24:15 Oh wicked one, do not lie in wait against the dwelling of the righteous; do not violate his resting place,
Pro 24:16 for a just one falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall stumble into evil.
Pro 24:17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
Pro 24:18 that Jehovah not see and it be evil in His eyes, and He turn away His anger from him.
Pro 24:19 Do not burn in anger because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked;
Pro 24:20 for no hereafter shall be to the evil; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Pro 24:21 My son, fear Jehovah and the king; do not meddle with those who change,
Pro 24:22 for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of both of them?
Pro 24:23 These also are for the wise: to respect persons in judgment is not good.
Pro 24:24 He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; the peoples shall curse him; nations shall abhor him.
Pro 24:25 But to those who rebuke, it is pleasant, and a good blessing comes to them.
Pro 24:26 He kisses the lips of one who returns right words.
Pro 24:27 Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.
Pro 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, or deceive with your lips.
Pro 24:29 Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay each according to his work.
Pro 24:30 I went over the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking heart,
Pro 24:31 and, lo, it was all risen up with thistles; nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
Pro 24:32 And I beheld, I set my heart on it, I looked, I received instruction.
Pro 24:33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
Pro 24:34 so shall your poverty come stalking, and your want like a man with a shield.

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