Proverbs 24 NKJV

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Prov-24-2">And their lips talk of troublemaking.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Through wisdom a house is built,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-3">And by understanding it is established;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>By knowledge the rooms are filled</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-4">With all precious and pleasant riches.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A wise man <i>is</i> strong,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-5">Yes, a man of knowledge increases strength;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For by wise counsel you will wage your own war,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-6">And in a multitude of counselors <i>there is</i> safety.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom <i>is</i> too lofty for a fool;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-7">He does not open his mouth in the gate.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He who plots to do evil</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-8">Will be called a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>schemer.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The devising of foolishness <i>is</i> sin,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-9">And the scoffer <i>is</i> an abomination to men.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><i>If</i> you faint in the day of adversity,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-10">Your strength <i>is</i> small.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Deliver <i>those who</i> are drawn toward death,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-11">And hold back <i>those</i> stumbling to the slaughter.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-12">Does not He who weighs the hearts consider <i>it?</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-12">He who keeps your soul, does He <i>not</i> know <i>it?</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-12">And will He <i>not</i> render to <i>each</i> man according to his deeds?</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My son, eat honey because <i>it is</i> good,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-13">And the honeycomb <i>which is</i> sweet to your taste;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So <i>shall</i> the knowledge of wisdom <i>be</i> to your soul;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-14">If you have found <i>it,</i> there is a <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>prospect,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-14">And your hope will not be cut off.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Do not lie in wait, O wicked <i>man,</i> against the dwelling of the righteous;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-15">Do not plunder his resting place;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For a righteous <i>man</i> may fall seven times</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-16">And rise again,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-16">But the wicked shall fall by calamity.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-17">And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Lest the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> see <i>it,</i> and <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>it displease Him,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-18">And He turn away His wrath from him.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not fret because of evildoers,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-19">Nor be envious of the wicked;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For there will be no prospect for the evil <i>man;</i></span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-20">The lamp of the wicked will be put out.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>My son, fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> and the king;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-21">Do not associate with those given to change;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For their calamity will rise suddenly,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-22">And who knows the ruin those two can bring?</span></p></div> <h3> Further Sayings of the Wise</span></h3><p><span class="text Prov-24-23"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These <i>things</i> also <i>belong</i> to the wise:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Prov-24-23"><i>It is</i> not good to <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>show partiality in judgment.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He who says to the wicked, “You <i>are</i> righteous,”</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-24">Him the people will curse;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-24">Nations will abhor him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But those who rebuke <i>the wicked</i> will have delight,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-25">And a good blessing will come upon them.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Prepare your outside work,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-27">Make it fit for yourself in the field;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-27">And afterward build your house.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-28"><span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>For would you deceive with your lips?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-29">I will render to the man according to his work.”</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I went by the field of the lazy <i>man</i>,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-30">And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-31">Its surface was covered with nettles;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-31">Its stone wall was broken down.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>When I saw <i>it,</i> I considered <i>it</i> well;</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-32">I looked on <i>it and</i> received instruction:</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>A little sleep, a little slumber,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-33">A little folding of the hands to rest;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>So shall your poverty come <i>like</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span>a prowler,</span><br /><span class="text Prov-24-34">And your need like <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span>an armed man.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-17088a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:8">Proverbs 24:8</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>master of evil plots</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17094b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:14">Proverbs 24:14</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>latter end</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17098c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:18">Proverbs 24:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>it be evil in His eyes</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17103d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:23">Proverbs 24:23</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>recognize faces</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17108e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:28">Proverbs 24:28</span> <span class='footnote-text'>LXX, Vg. <i>Do not deceive</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17114f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:34">Proverbs 24:34</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>one who walks about</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-17114g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Proverbs 24:34">Proverbs 24:34</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>a man with a shield</i></span></li></ol></div> </span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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