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Proverbs 24
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
for their hearts plot violence
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
Through wisdom a house is built;
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
by knowledge the rooms are filled
through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
A wise man has great power.
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
for by wise guidance you wage your war,
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Wisdom is too high for a fool.
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
If you falter in the time of trouble,
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
Rescue those who are being led away to death!
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this,”
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
My son, eat honey, for it is good,
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again,
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
lest the LORD see it, and it displease him,
or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers,
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
for there will be no reward to the evil man.
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
My son, fear the LORD and the king.
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
for their calamity will rise suddenly.
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
These also are sayings of the wise:
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
Prepare your work outside,
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without cause.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
I went by the field of the sluggard,
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
Then I saw, and considered well.
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
so your poverty will come as a robber
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.