Proverbs 24

24^aBe not thou envious against evil men,

Neither desire to be ^bwith them.

^2cFor their heart studieth destruction,

And their lips talk of ^dmischief.

³Through ^ewisdom is an house builded;

And by understanding it ^eis established:

⁴And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled

With all precious and pleasant riches.

^5fA wise man ^†is strong;

Yea, a man of knowledge ^†increaseth strength.

⁶For ^hby wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:

And ⁱin multitude of counsellers there is safety.

^7kWisdom is ^ltoo high for a fool:

He openeth not his mouth ^min the gate.

⁸He that ⁿdeviseth to do evil

Shall be called ^oa mischievous person.

⁹The ^pthought of foolishness is sin:

And the scorner is an abomination to men.

¹⁰If thou faint in the day of adversity,

Thy strength is ^†small.

¹¹If thou forbear ^qto deliver them that are drawn unto death,

And those that are ^rready to be slain;

¹²If thou sayest, ^sBehold, we knew it not;

Doth not he that ^tpondereth the heart consider it?

And he that ^ukeepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?

And shall not he render to every man ^waccording to his works?

¹³My son, eat thou ^xyhoney, because it is good;

And the ^xyhoneycomb, which is sweet ^†to thy taste:

^14ySo shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul:

When thou hast found it, then ^zthere shall be a reward,

^zAnd thy expectation shall not be cut off.

^15aLay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous;

Spoil not his resting place:

^16bFor a just man falleth ^cseven times, and riseth up again:

But ^dthe wicked shall ^efall into mischief.

^17fRejoice not when thine enemy falleth,

And let not thine heart be glad when he ^estumbleth:

¹⁸Lest the Lord see it, and ^†it displease him,

And he turn away his wrath from him.

^19g||Fret not thyself because of evil men,

Neither ^hbe thou envious at the wicked;

²⁰For there shall be no ⁱreward to the evil man;

^kThe ^||candle of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹My son, ^lfear thou the Lord and the king:

And meddle not with ^†them that are given to change:

²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly;

And ^llwho knoweth the ^mruin of ⁿthem both?

²³These things also belong to the wise.

It is not good ^oto have respect of persons in judgment.

^24pHe that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous;

^qHim shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

²⁵But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,

And ^†a good blessing shall come upon them.

²⁶Every man shall kiss his lips

^†That giveth a ^rright answer.

^27sPrepare thy work without,

And make it fit for thyself in the field;

And afterwards build thine house.

^28tBe not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;

And deceive not with thy lips.

^29uSay not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:

I will render to the man according to his work.

^30xI went by the field of the slothful,

And by the vineyard of the man ^yvoid of understanding;

³¹And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,

And ^znettles had covered the face thereof,

And the stone ^awall thereof was broken down.

³²Then I saw, and ^†considered it well:

I ^xlooked upon it, and received instruction.

^33bYet a little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to sleep:

³⁴So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;

And thy want as ^†an armed man.