Proverbs 24




lesserot@Proverbs:24:1 @ Be thou not envious of bad men, and do not long to be with them.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:2 @ For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:3 @ Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established;

lesserot@Proverbs:24:4 @ And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:5 @ A wise man is in power; and a man of knowledge fortifieth strength.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:6 @ For by wise counsel canst thou conduct thy war; and there is help in a multitude of counsellors.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:7 @ Wisdom is too high for a fool: in the gate can he not open his mouth.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:8 @ Him that deviseth to do evil, men call a master of wicked devices.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:9 @ The counsel of folly is sin; and an abomination to men is the scorner.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:10 @ If thou despond on the day of distress, thy strength is small.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:11 @ Deliver those that are taken unto death, and those that are moved away to the slaughter hold back.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:12 @ If thou shouldst say, Behold, we know not this man: lo, he that weigheth hearts will truly regard it, and he that keepeth thy soul will surely know it; and he will give a recompense to man according to his doing.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:13 @ Eat honey, my son, because it is good; and the fine honey, which is sweet to thy palate:

lesserot@Proverbs:24:14 @ So obtain the knowledge of wisdom for thy soul: when thou hast found her, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:15 @ Lie not in wait, O wicked man! against the dwelling of the righteous; waste not his resting–place;

lesserot@Proverbs:24:16 @ For though the righteous were to fall seven times, he will rise up again; but the wicked shall stumble into misfortune.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:17 @ At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad:

lesserot@Proverbs:24:18 @ Lest the Lord see it and it be displeasing in his eyes, and he turn away from him his wrath.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:19 @ Fret not thyself because of evil–doers, neither be thou envious of the wicked;

lesserot@Proverbs:24:20 @ For there will be no future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:21 @ My son, fear the Lord and the king: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;

lesserot@Proverbs:24:22 @ For suddenly will their calamity arise; and who knoweth the ruin of both of them!

lesserot@Proverbs:24:23 @ These things also are for the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:24 @ Him that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, will the people denounce, him will nations hold accursed;

lesserot@Proverbs:24:25 @ But to those that punish delight shall be given, and upon them shall come the blessing of the good.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:26 @ Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:27 @ Prepare without thy work, and make it fit in the field for thyself: and afterward build thy house.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:28 @ Be not without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?

lesserot@Proverbs:24:29 @ Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:30 @ By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:

lesserot@Proverbs:24:31 @ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone–wall was broken down.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:32 @ And when I had indeed beheld I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.

lesserot@Proverbs:24:33 @ "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;"

lesserot@Proverbs:24:34 @ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.


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