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and by understanding it is established:</div><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm">Margin fear <p>See Scofield Note: "Ps 19:9" </div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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><div class="comm"></div> <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; 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