Proverbs:24

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ylt @Proverbs:24:1 @Be not envious of evil men , And desire not to be with them . ylt @Proverbs:24:2 @For destruction doth their heart meditate , And perverseness do their lips speak . ylt @Proverbs:24:3 @By wisdom is a house builded , And by understanding it establisheth itself . ylt @Proverbs:24:4 @And by knowledge the inner parts are filled , [With ] all precious and pleasant wealth . ylt @Proverbs:24:5 @Mighty [is ] the wise in strength , And a man of knowledge is strengthening power , ylt @Proverbs:24:6 @For by plans thou makest for thyself war , And deliverance [is ] in a multitude of counsellors . ylt @Proverbs:24:7 @Wisdom [is ] high for a fool , In the gate he openeth not his mouth . ylt @Proverbs:24:8 @Whoso is devising to do evil , Him they call a master of wicked thoughts . ylt @Proverbs:24:9 @The thought of folly [is ] sin , And an abomination to man [is ] a scorner . ylt @Proverbs:24:10 @Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity , Straitened is thy power , ylt @Proverbs:24:11 @If [from ] delivering those taken to death , And those slipping to the slaughter -- thou keepest back . ylt @Proverbs:24:12 @When thou sayest , 'Lo , we knew not this .' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth ? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth ? And He hath rendered to man according to his work . ylt @Proverbs:24:13 @Eat my son , honey that [is ] good , And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate . ylt @Proverbs:24:14 @So [is ] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul , If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off . ylt @Proverbs:24:15 @Lay not wait , O wicked one , At the habitation of the righteous . Do not spoil his resting-place . ylt @Proverbs:24:16 @For seven [times ] doth the righteous fall and rise , And the wicked stumble in evil . ylt @Proverbs:24:17 @In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not , And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful , ylt @Proverbs:24:18 @Lest Jehovah see , and [it be ] evil in His eyes , And He hath turned from off him His anger . ylt @Proverbs:24:19 @Fret not thyself at evil doers , Be not envious at the wicked , ylt @Proverbs:24:20 @For there is not a posterity to the evil , The lamp of the wicked is extinguished . ylt @Proverbs:24:21 @Fear Jehovah , my son , and the king , With changers mix not up thyself , ylt @Proverbs:24:22 @For suddenly doth their calamity rise , And the ruin of them both -- who knoweth ! ylt @Proverbs:24:23 @These also are for the wise : -- To discern faces in judgment is not good . ylt @Proverbs:24:24 @Whoso is saying to the wicked , 'Thou [art ] righteous ,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him . ylt @Proverbs:24:25 @And to those reproving it is pleasant , And on them cometh a good blessing . ylt @Proverbs:24:26 @Lips he kisseth who is returning straightforward words . ylt @Proverbs:24:27 @Prepare in an out-place thy work , And make it ready in the field -- go afterwards , Then thou hast built thy house . ylt @Proverbs:24:28 @Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour , Or thou hast enticed with thy lips . ylt @Proverbs:24:29 @Say not , 'As he did to me , so I do to him , I render to each according to his work .' ylt @Proverbs:24:30 @Near the field of a slothful man I passed by , And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart . ylt @Proverbs:24:31 @And lo , it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns ! Covered its face have nettles , And its stone wall hath been broken down . ylt @Proverbs:24:32 @And I see -- I -- I do set my heart , I have seen -- I have received instruction , ylt @Proverbs:24:33 @A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down . ylt @Proverbs:24:34 @And thy poverty hath come [as ] a traveller , And thy want as an armed man !

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