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trouble.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">By wisdom a house is built,</span><br /><span class="indent">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><span class="ln-group">by knowledge the rooms are filled</span><br /><span class="indent">with all precious and pleasant riches.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A wise man is full of strength,</span><br /><span class="indent">and a man of knowledge enhances his might,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for by wise guidance you can wage your war,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in abundance of counselors there is victory.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Wisdom is too high for a fool;</span><br /><span class="indent">in the gate he does not open his mouth.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whoever plans to do evil</span><br /><span class="indent">will be called a schemer.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The devising<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or scheming">a</a></sup></span> of folly is sin,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">If you faint in the day of adversity,</span><br /><span class="indent">your strength is small.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Rescue those who are being taken away to death;</span><br /><span class="indent">hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”</span><br /><span class="indent">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span><br /><span class="ln-group">Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,</span><br /><span class="indent">and will he not repay man according to his work?</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My son, eat honey, for it is good,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Know that wisdom is such to your soul;</span><br /><span class="indent">if you find it, there will be a future,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;</span><br /><span class="indent">do no violence to his home;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for the righteous falls seven times and rises again,</span><br /><span class="indent">but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,</span><br /><span class="indent">and let not 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><span class="ln-group">lest the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> see it and be displeased,</span><br /><span class="indent">and turn away his anger from him.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Fret not yourself because of evildoers,</span><br /><span class="indent">and be not envious of the wicked,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for the evil man has no future;</span><br /><span class="indent">the lamp of the wicked will be put out.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My son, fear the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and the king,</span><br /><span class="indent">and do not join with those who do otherwise,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">for disaster will arise suddenly from them,</span><br /><span class="indent">and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?</span></p> <p class="heading">More Sayings of the Wise</p><p class="regular"><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><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">Partiality in judging is not good.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,”</span><br /><span class="indent">will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,</span><br /><span class="indent">and a good blessing will come upon them.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whoever gives an honest answer</span><br /><span class="indent">kisses the lips.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Prepare your work outside;</span><br /><span class="indent">get everything ready for yourself in the field,</span><br /><span class="indent">and after that build your house.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,</span><br /><span class="indent">and do not deceive with your lips.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will pay the man back for what he has done.”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I passed by the field of a sluggard,</span><br /><span class="indent">by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns;</span><br /><span class="indent">the ground was covered with nettles,</span><br /><span class="indent">and 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><span class="ln-group">Then I saw and considered it;</span><br /><span class="indent">I looked and received instruction.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/proverbs/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A little sleep, a little slumber,</span><br /><span class="indent">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><span class="ln-group">and poverty will come upon you like a robber,</span><br /><span class="indent">and want like an armed man.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>scheming</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a 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