Proverbs 24

24Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company;H7065H7451H582H1832for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.H3820H1897H7701H8193H1696H59993By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;H2451H1004H1129H8394H35594through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.H1847H2315H4390H3368H5273H19525A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength;H2450H1397H5797H376H1847H553H35816for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.H8458H6213H4421H7230H3289H86687Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.H2454H7311H191H6605H6310H81798He who plots evil will be known as a schemer.H2803H7489H7121H4209H11679The schemes of folly are sin, and men detest a mocker.H2154H200H2403H3887H8441H12010If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!H7503H3117H6869H3581H686211Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.H2820H5337H3947H4194H4131H202712If 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?H559H3045H8505H3826H995H5341H5315H3045H7725H120H646713Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.H1121H398H1706H2896H5317H4966H244114Know 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.H3045H2451H5315H4672H3426H319H8615H377215Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling place;H693H7563H5116H6662H7703H725816for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.H6662H5307H7651H6965H7563H3782H745117Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice,H8055H341H5307H3820H1523H378218or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.H3068H7200H7489H5869H7725H63919Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked,H2734H7489H7065H756320for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.H319H7451H5216H7563H184621Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious,H1121H3372H3068H4428H6148H813822for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?H343H6965H6597H3045H6365H814723These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:H2450H2896H5234H6440H494124Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"--peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.H559H7563H6662H5971H5344H3816H219425But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.H3198H5276H2896H1293H93526An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.H5401H8193H7725H5228H169727Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.H3559H4399H2351H6257H7704H310H1129H100428Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.H5707H7453H2600H6601H819329Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."H559H6213H6213H7725H376H646730I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;H5674H7704H376H6102H3754H120H2638H382031thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.H5927H7063H2738H3680H6440H68H1444H204032I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:H2372H7896H3820H7200H3947H414833A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--H4592H8142H4592H8572H4592H2264H3027H790134and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.H7389H935H1980H4270H4043H376