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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Proverbs 24 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/proverbs/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/proverbs/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Proverbs 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../proverbs/23.htm" title="Proverbs 23">◄</a> Proverbs 24 <a href="../proverbs/25.htm" title="Proverbs 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/24-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Do not be envious of evil men, "" And do not desire to be with them.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For their heart meditates [on] destruction, "" And their lips speak perverseness.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>A house is built by wisdom, "" And it establishes itself by understanding.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the inner parts are filled by knowledge, "" [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The wise [is] mighty in strength, "" And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For you make war for yourself by plans, "" And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whoever is devising to do evil, "" They call him a master of wicked thoughts.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The thought of folly [is] sin, "" And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, "" Your power is restricted,<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>If [from] delivering those taken to death, "" And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My son, eat honey that [is] good, "" And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, "" If you have found that there is a posterity "" And your hope is not cut off.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Do not lay wait, O wicked one, "" At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For the righteous fall and rise seven [times], "" And the wicked stumble in evil.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, "" And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Lest YHWH see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, "" And He has turned His anger from off him.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do not fret yourself at evildoers, do not be envious at the wicked,<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For there is not a posterity to the evil, "" The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, "" Do not mix yourself up with changers,<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For their calamity rises suddenly, "" And the ruin of them both—who knows!<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” "" Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And it is pleasant to those reproving, "" And a good blessing comes on them.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Prepare your work in an out-place, "" And make it ready in the field—go afterward, "" Then you have built your house.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, "" Or you have enticed with your lips.<p> <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, "" I render to each according to his work.”<p> <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I passed by near the field of a slothful man, "" And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, "" And its stone wall has been broken down.<p> <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And I see—I set my heart, "" I have seen—I have received instruction,<p> <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, "" And your want as an armed man!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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