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Comp. <a href="/proverbs/21-7.htm" title="The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.">Proverbs 21:7</a>, where the same Heb. word is rendered <span class="ital">robbery</span>, A.V., and <span class="ital">violence</span>, R.V.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>These <a href="/context/proverbs/24-1.htm" title="Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them....">Proverbs 24:1-2</a>, as compared with <a href="/context/proverbs/3-31.htm" title="Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways....">Proverbs 3:31-32</a>, and <a href="/context/proverbs/23-17.htm" title="Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long....">Proverbs 23:17-18</a>, are an example of the repetition in this Book of the same injunction, supported by a different reason.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="3"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm">Proverbs 24:3</a></div><div class="verse">Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:</div><span class="bld">3</span>. <span class="ital">a house</span>] literal or metaphorical, comp. <a href="/proverbs/14-1.htm" title="Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.">Proverbs 14:1</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="4"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-4.htm">Proverbs 24:4</a></div><div class="verse">And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.</div><span class="bld">4</span>. <span class="ital">shall … be</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">are.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="5"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm">Proverbs 24:5</a></div><div class="verse">A wise man <i>is</i> strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</div><span class="bld">5</span>. <span class="ital">strong</span>] Lit. <span class="bld">in strength</span>, A.V. and R.V. marg. Comp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>The voice of Jehovah is in might;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>The voice of Jehovah is in majesty. <a href="/psalms/29-4.htm" title="The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.">Psalm 29:4</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>“The expression is more forcible than if adjectives denoting these qualities (‘mighty,’ ‘majestic’) had been used. Comp. <span class="greekheb">ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ</span>, <a href="/luke/4-32.htm" title="And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power.">Luke 4:32</a>; <span class="greekheb">ἐν ἰσχύϊ</span> (rec.), <a href="/revelation/18-2.htm" title="And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.">Revelation 18:2</a>.”—Bp Perowne.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">increaseth strength</span>] Lit., as in margin A.V. and R.V., <span class="bld">strengtheneth might</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="6"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm">Proverbs 24:6</a></div><div class="verse">For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers <i>there is</i> safety.</div><span class="bld">6</span>. <span class="ital">safety</span>] or <span class="ital">victory</span>, as in <a href="/2_samuel/19-2.htm" title="And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.">2 Samuel 19:2</a>, and perhaps in <a href="/2_kings/5-1.htm" title="Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper.">2 Kings 5:1</a>. The first half of this proverb occurs <a href="/proverbs/20-18.htm" title="Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.">Proverbs 20:18</a>, and the second <a href="/proverbs/11-14.htm" title="Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.">Proverbs 11:14</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="7"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-7.htm">Proverbs 24:7</a></div><div class="verse">Wisdom <i>is</i> too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.</div><span class="bld">7</span>. too <span class="ital">high</span>] Lit. (<span class="ital">unattainable</span>) <span class="bld">heights</span>. The same Heb. word is rendered <span class="ital">coral</span>, <a href="/job/28-18.htm" title="No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.">Job 28:18</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/27-16.htm" title="Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate.">Ezekiel 27:16</a>; so that we might render here <span class="ital">an</span> unattainable <span class="ital">treasure</span>, or <span class="ital">a gem</span> beyond his reach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">openeth not his mouth</span>, &c.] Contrast <a href="/context/job/29-7.htm" title="When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!...">Job 29:7-10</a>; <a href="/context/job/29-21.htm" title="To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel....">Job 29:21-25</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="8"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm">Proverbs 24:8</a></div><div class="verse">He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.</div><span class="bld">8</span>. <span class="ital">shall be called</span>] Lit. <span class="ital">they</span> (men) <span class="ital">shall call</span> him. However secretly he works (comp. <a href="/psalms/64-6.htm" title="They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.">Psalm 64:6</a> [Hebrews 7]), his true character shall be found out, and his reputation shall accord with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="9"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Proverbs 24:9</a></div><div class="verse">The thought of foolishness <i>is</i> sin: and the scorner <i>is</i> an abomination to men.</div><span class="bld">9</span>. <span class="ital">foolishness</span>] i.e. <span class="bld">fools</span>: abstract for concrete.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">and</span>] “Or, <span class="ital">but the scorner</span>. Perhaps the meaning is that the very <span class="ital">purpose</span> of evil is sinful in the sight of God; but the bold and insolent transgressor is not only offensive to God but odious to men.” <span class="ital">Rel. Tr. Soc. Commentary</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="10"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm">Proverbs 24:10</a></div><div class="verse"><i>If</i> thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength <i>is</i> small.</div><span class="bld">10</span>. <span class="ital">faint</span>] Or, <span class="ital">art slack</span>. The Heb. word is the same as in <a href="/proverbs/18-9.htm" title="He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.">Proverbs 18:9</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>is <span class="ital">small</span>] as is proved to be the case by thy “fainting” under pressure. But the proverb may mean, <span class="ital">because of</span> thy fainting thy strength <span class="ital">will be</span> small; want of courage will cause want of strength to meet the emergency. So Vulg., imminuetur fortitudo tua; and Maurer, impar eris ferendis malis. Comp. “Let us not be weary (<span class="greekheb">ἐγκακῶμεν</span>, turn cowards, lose heart, Bp Lightfoot) in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap if we faint not,” <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm" title="And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.">Galatians 6:9</a>; where see note in this Series.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="11"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm">Proverbs 24:11</a></div><div class="verse">If thou forbear to deliver <i>them that are</i> drawn unto death, and <i>those that are</i> ready to be slain;</div><span class="bld">11</span>. <span class="ital">drawn unto death … ready to be slain</span>] whether by unjust judgement, or by violence. In the first case you may deliver a soul by giving true witness (<a href="/proverbs/14-25.htm" title="A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.">Proverbs 14:25</a>), in the second, by not passing by like the priest and the Levite on the other side, but by rendering help with the good Samaritan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>It is better to take this verse as complete in itself, with LXX. (<span class="greekheb">ῥῦσαι ἀγομένους εἰς θάνατον</span>, <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἐκπρίου κτεινομένους</span>, <span class="greekheb">μὴ φείσῃ</span>); Vulg., Erue eos qui ducuntur ad mortem; et qui trahuntur ad interitum liberare necesses; and with R.V.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">Deliver them that are carried away unto death</span>,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">ready to be slain</span>] Lit. <span class="bld">tottering to the slaughter</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="12"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-12.htm">Proverbs 24:12</a></div><div class="verse">If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider <i>it</i>? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth <i>not</i> he know <i>it</i>? and shall <i>not</i> he render to <i>every</i> man according to his works?</div><span class="bld">12</span>. <span class="ital">knew it not</span>] Lit. <span class="bld">knew not this</span> (<span class="ital">thing</span>, or <span class="ital">man</span>).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="13"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm">Proverbs 24:13</a></div><div class="verse">My son, eat thou honey, because <i>it is</i> good; and the honeycomb, <i>which is</i> sweet to thy taste:</div><A name="14"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm">Proverbs 24:14</a></div><div class="verse">So <i>shall</i> the knowledge of wisdom <i>be</i> unto thy soul: when thou hast found <i>it</i>, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.</div><span class="bld">14</span>. <span class="ital">so shall the knowledge of wisdom be</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">so know wisdom to be</span>. With like avidity as you eat honey (<span class="ital"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm" title="My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:">Proverbs 24:13</a></span>), know, get to know, pursue the knowledge of, wisdom. Comp. <a href="/psalms/19-10.htm" title="More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.">Psalm 19:10</a> (Hebrews 11).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">reward</span>] See <a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm" title="For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.">Proverbs 23:18</a> note.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="15"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm">Proverbs 24:15</a></div><div class="verse">Lay not wait, O wicked <i>man</i>, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:</div><span class="bld">15</span>. <span class="ital">O wicked</span> man], Or, <span class="ital">as a wicked</span> man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">dwelling … resting place</span>] or <span class="ital">pasture … fold</span> (R.V. marg.); making the picture pastoral.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="16"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm">Proverbs 24:16</a></div><div class="verse">For a just <i>man</i> falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.</div><span class="bld">16</span>. <span class="ital">falleth</span>] not into <span class="ital">sin</span>, for the Heb. word is never used of moral lapse, but into trouble or calamity. You will “lay wait against” him and “spoil” him (<span class="ital"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm" title="Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:">Proverbs 24:15</a></span>) to no purpose. You may cause him many “falls” by your machinations, but he will rise superior to them all. “Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand” (<a href="/psalms/37-24.htm" title="Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand.">Psalm 37:24</a>. Comp. <a href="/psalms/34-19.htm" title="Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all.">Psalm 34:19</a>). Whereas “the wicked,” among whom thou art thus numbering thyself (<span class="ital"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm" title="Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:">Proverbs 24:15</a></span>), <span class="ital">shall fall into mischief</span>; or rather, shall not merely fall to rise again, but <span class="bld">are overthrown by calamity</span> (R.V.). By a single calamity, it may be (in contrast to the sevenfold recovery of the righteous) they are utterly crushed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="17"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm">Proverbs 24:17</a></div><div class="verse">Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:</div><A name="18"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-18.htm">Proverbs 24:18</a></div><div class="verse">Lest the LORD see <i>it</i>, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.</div><span class="bld">18</span>. <span class="ital">from him</span>] Some commentators would add, “upon thee”; “et irascatur contra te,” Münster. It is better to leave the proverb as it stands, and to supplement its teaching by such proverbs as <a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm" title="Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.">Proverbs 24:29</a>, <a href="/context/proverbs/25-21.htm" title="If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:...">Proverbs 25:21-22</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="19"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm">Proverbs 24:19</a></div><div class="verse">Fret not thyself because of evil <i>men</i>, neither be thou envious at the wicked;</div><span class="bld">19</span>. Comp. <a href="/psalms/37-1.htm" title="Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity.">Psalm 37:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/37-7.htm" title="Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.">Psalm 37:7</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="20"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm">Proverbs 24:20</a></div><div class="verse">For there shall be no reward to the evil <i>man</i>; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.</div><span class="bld">20</span>. <span class="ital">reward</span>] See <span class="ital"><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm" title="So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off.">Proverbs 24:14</a></span>, and <a href="/proverbs/23-18.htm" title="For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off.">Proverbs 23:18</a>, note.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">candle</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">lamp</span>, R.V. Comp. <a href="/proverbs/13-9.htm" title="The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.">Proverbs 13:9</a>, <a href="/proverbs/20-20.htm" title="Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.">Proverbs 20:20</a>. The lamp going out accords with the “<span class="ital">no</span> reward,” or “<span class="ital">future</span>” of the preceding clause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="21"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm">Proverbs 24:21</a></div><div class="verse">My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: <i>and</i> meddle not with them that are given to change:</div><span class="bld">21</span>. <span class="ital">given to change</span>] i.e. are of a revolutionary and subversive spirit, whether in religion or in politics.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="22"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-22.htm">Proverbs 24:22</a></div><div class="verse">For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?</div><span class="bld">22</span>. <span class="ital">of them both</span>] i.e. those who are given to change, whether against God or against the king (<span class="ital"><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm" title="My son, fear you the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:">Proverbs 24:21</a></span>); ruinam utriusque quis novit? Vulg. Others understand, the destruction inflicted by them both, sc. both God and the king. Comp. calamity from God, lit. the calamity of (inflicted by) God, <a href="/job/31-23.htm" title="For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.">Job 31:23</a>. Another rendering, <span class="ital">of their years</span>, i.e. which shall bring to an end their life is noticed in R.V. margin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="23"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm">Proverbs 24:23</a></div><div class="verse">These <i>things</i> also <i>belong</i> to the wise. <i>It is</i> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.</div>IV. Third Collection of Proverbs. Chap. <a href="/context/proverbs/24-23.htm" title="These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment....">Proverbs 24:23-34</a>A short Collection resembling in character the Second Collection, to which it forms a kind of Appendix.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">23</span>. <span class="ital">These</span> things <span class="ital">also</span> belong <span class="ital">to</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">These also</span> <span class="ital">are sayings</span> of, R.V. Comp. <a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm" title="Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.">Proverbs 22:17</a>. The Heb. preposition is the same as indicates authorship in the Titles of many of the Psalms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="24"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-24.htm">Proverbs 24:24</a></div><div class="verse">He that saith unto the wicked, Thou <i>art</i> righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:</div><span class="bld">24</span>. <span class="ital">the people</span> &c.] Rather, <span class="bld">peoples shall curse him; nations shall abhor him</span>, R.V. From this it appears that it is to rulers and judges that the proverb primarily, though not necessarily exclusively, applies. In <a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm" title="He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.">Proverbs 17:15</a> the divine, as here the human, estimate of such conduct is affirmed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="25"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-25.htm">Proverbs 24:25</a></div><div class="verse">But to them that rebuke <i>him</i> shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.</div><span class="bld">25</span>. <span class="ital">rebuke</span>] i.e. convict and punish. Comp. the use of the same Heb. word in <a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm" title="For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.">Proverbs 3:12</a>; <a href="/amos/5-10.htm" title="They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.">Amos 5:10</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="26"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-26.htm">Proverbs 24:26</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Every man</i> shall kiss <i>his</i> lips that giveth a right answer.</div><span class="bld">26</span>. Every man <span class="ital">shall kiss</span> his <span class="ital">lips</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">he kisseth the lips</span>, or <span class="bld">with the lips</span>: i.e. a right answer is as grateful and conciliating as a friendly salutation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="27"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm">Proverbs 24:27</a></div><div class="verse">Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.</div><span class="bld">27</span>. <span class="ital">thy work</span>] viz. the work required for building thy house. Follow the course pursued in the erection of the Temple, <a href="/1_kings/6-7.htm" title="And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.">1 Kings 6:7</a>. Comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/28-2.htm" title="Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:">1 Chronicles 28:2</a>, <span class="ital">I had made ready</span> (the same Heb. word as is here rendered <span class="ital">prepare</span>) <span class="ital">for the building</span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Such <span class="ital">preparing</span> and <span class="ital">making ready</span> includes mental as well as material preparation, prudent “counting the cost,” as well as careful selection of materials. When this is understood, the proverb which has been obscured by supposing it to mean, “first till thy field and then build thy house,” or, “first make provision for a family and then found one,” is plain and forcible, and lends itself readily to moral and spiritual applications.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="28"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm">Proverbs 24:28</a></div><div class="verse">Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive <i>not</i> with thy lips.</div><span class="bld">28</span>. <span class="ital">deceive not</span>] Lit. and perhaps more forcibly, <span class="bld">And wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="29"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm">Proverbs 24:29</a></div><div class="verse">Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.</div><span class="bld">29</span>. See <a href="/proverbs/25-22.htm" title="For you shall heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD shall reward you.">Proverbs 25:22</a> and note there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="30"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-30.htm">Proverbs 24:30</a></div><div class="verse">I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</div><span class="bld">30–34</span>. The Sluggard’s Vineyard. Comp. <a href="/context/proverbs/6-6.htm" title="Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:...">Proverbs 6:6-11</a>, and notes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="31"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm">Proverbs 24:31</a></div><div class="verse">And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, <i>and</i> nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.</div><span class="bld">31</span>. <span class="ital">nettles</span>] “Or, <span class="ital">wild vetches</span>,” R.V. marg. here and <a href="/job/30-7.htm" title="Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.">Job 30:7</a>; <a href="/zephaniah/2-9.htm" title="Therefore as I live, said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.">Zephaniah 2:9</a>, where the same Heb. word occurs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><A name="32"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-32.htm">Proverbs 24:32</a></div><div class="verse">Then I saw, <i>and</i> considered <i>it</i> well: I looked upon <i>it, and</i> received instruction.</div><A name="33"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-33.htm">Proverbs 24:33</a></div><div class="verse"><i>Yet</i> a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:</div><A name="34"></a> <div class="versenum"><a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm">Proverbs 24:34</a></div><div class="verse">So shall thy poverty come <i>as</i> one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.</div><span class="bld">34</span>. <span class="ital">one that travelleth</span>] Rather, <span class="bld">a robber</span>. 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