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their lips talk about making trouble.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 21</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>By wisdom a house is built,</p><p class="line2">and through understanding it is established;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>through knowledge its rooms are filled</p><p class="line2">with rare and beautiful treasures.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 22</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The wise prevail through great power,</p><p class="line2">and those who have knowledge muster their strength.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Surely you need guidance to wage war,</p><p class="line2">and victory is won through many advisers.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 23</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom is too high for fools;</p><p class="line2">in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 24</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whoever plots evil</p><p class="line2">will be known as a schemer.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The schemes of folly are sin,</p><p class="line2">and people detest a mocker.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 25</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If you falter in a time of trouble,</p><p class="line2">how small is your strength!</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Rescue those being led away to death;</p><p class="line2">hold back those staggering toward slaughter.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”</p><p class="line2">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</p><p class="line1">Does not he who guards your life know it?</p><p class="line2">Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 26</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Eat honey, my son, for it is good;</p><p class="line2">honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:</p><p class="line2">If you find it, there is a future hope for you,</p><p class="line2">and your hope will not be cut off.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 27</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,</p><p class="line2">do not plunder their dwelling place;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,</p><p class="line2">but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 28</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not gloat when your enemy falls;</p><p class="line2">when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>or the <span class="name">Lord</span> will see and disapprove</p><p class="line2">and turn his wrath away from them.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 29</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not fret because of evildoers</p><p class="line2">or be envious of the wicked,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>for the evildoer has no future hope,</p><p class="line2">and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.</p></div></div> <div class="minorsection"><p class="minorsectionhead">Saying 30</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Fear the <span class="name">Lord</span> and the king, my son,</p><p class="line2">and do not join with rebellious officials,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>for those two will send sudden destruction on them,</p><p class="line2">and who knows what calamities they can bring?</p></div></div> <p class="proverbsmajorsection">Further Sayings of the Wise</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These also are sayings of the wise:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">To show partiality in judging is not good:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”</p><p class="line2">will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,</p><p class="line2">and rich blessing will come on them.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>An honest answer</p><p class="line2">is like a kiss on the lips.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Put your outdoor work in order</p><p class="line2">and get your fields ready;</p><p class="line2">after that, build your house.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—</p><p class="line2">would you use your lips to mislead?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do not say, “I’ll do to them as they have done to me;</p><p class="line2">I’ll pay them back for what they did.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I went past the field of a sluggard,</p><p class="line2">past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>thorns had come up everywhere,</p><p class="line2">the ground was covered with weeds,</p><p class="line2">and the stone wall was in ruins.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>I applied my heart to what I observed</p><p class="line2">and learned a lesson from what I saw:</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>A little sleep, a little slumber,</p><p class="line2">a little folding of the hands to rest—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and poverty will come on you like a thief</p><p class="line2">and scarcity like an armed man.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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