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