Proverbs:24

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* Be not thou envious of wicked men , neither crave to be with them ; * For , violence , their heart muttereth , and , mischief , their lips do speak . * In wisdom , is a house builded , and , in understanding , is it established ; * And , in knowledge , chambers are filled , with all acquisitions , costly and fair . * A wise man , is mighty , and , a man of knowledge , becometh alert in vigour . * Surely , with concerted measures , shalt thou make for thyself war , and , success , lieth in the greatness of the counsellor . * Unattainable to a foolish man , are the dictates of wisdom , in the gate , he openeth not his mouth . * He that deviseth to do mischief , him , shall men call , a master of plots . * The purpose of folly , is sin , and , an abomination to mankind , is a buffoon . * Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness , Strait , is thy strength . * Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death , and , them who are tottering to slaughter , oh that thou wouldst hold back ! * Though thou say , Lo ! we knew not this , Shall not , he that proveth hearts , himself , discern ? And , he that formeth thy soul , himself , know ? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed ? * My son , eat thou honey , because it is good , and droppings from the comb sweet to thy palate : * Thus , take knowledge of wisdom , for thine own soul ; If thou find it , then there is a future , and , thine expectation , shall not be cut off . * Do not lie in wait , thou lawless man , against the home of the righteous , neither destroy thou his place of rest ; * For , seven times , may the righteous fall and yet arise , but , lawless men , shall stumble into calamity . * When thine enemy falleth , do not thou rejoice , and , when he stumbleth , let not thy heart exult : * Lest Yahweh see it , and it be wicked in his eyes , and he turn away from him his anger . * Burn not with vexation against evil doers , be not envious of lawless men ; * For there shall be no future for the wicked , The lamp of the lawless , shall go out . * Revere thou Yahweh , my son , and the king , and , with the fickle , have thou no fellowship ; * For , suddenly , shall arise their calamity ; and , the misfortune of their years , who knoweth ? * These things also , concern he wise , To take note of faces in judgment , is not good . * He that saith to the lawless man , Righteous , thou art , peoples shall denounce him , populations shall curse him ; * But , to reprovers , one should be pleasant , and , upon them , should come an excellent blessing : * Lips , should one kiss with one who answereth in right words . * Prepare , in the open , thy work , and make ready , in the field , for thyself , Afterwards , shalt thou build thy house . * Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour , so mightest thou open too wide thy lips : * Do not say According to what he hath done to me , so , will I do to him , I will repay every one according to his work . * By the field of the sluggard , I passed , and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense ; * And lo ! there had come up all over itthorns , there had covered the face thereofthistles , and , the stone fence thereof , had been thrown down . * So I observed it , for myself , I applied my heart , I looked I accepted correction : * A little sleep , a little slumber , a little folding of the hands to rest : * So shall come in , as a highwayman , thy poverty , and , thy want , as one armed with a shield .

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