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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">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"><div class="poetry"> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Do not envy the wicked,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">nor desire to be with them;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span>for their minds devise violence,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and their lips talk of mischief.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>By wisdom a house is built,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and by understanding it is established;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>by knowledge the rooms are filled</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">with all precious and pleasant riches.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19155a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and those who have knowledge than those who have strength;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>for by wise guidance you can wage your war,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and in abundance of counselors there is victory.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>Wisdom is too high for fools;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in the gate they do not open their mouths.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>Whoever plans to do evil</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">will be called a mischief-maker.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>The devising of folly is sin,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and the scoffer is an abomination to all.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>If you faint in the day of adversity,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">your strength being small;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">those who go staggering to the slaughter;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?</span></span><br /><span class="text">Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">And will he not repay all according to their deeds?</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>My child, eat honey, for it is good,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>Know that wisdom is such to your soul;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">if you find it, you will find a future,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and your hope will not be cut off.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">do no violence to the place where the righteous live;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>for though they fall seven times, they will rise again;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>Do not rejoice when your enemies fall,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>or else the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> will see it and be displeased,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and turn away his anger from them.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>Do not fret because of evildoers.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">Do not envy the wicked;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>for the evil have no future;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the lamp of the wicked will go out.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>My child, fear the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> and the king,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and do not disobey either of them;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-19171b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>for disaster comes from them suddenly,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and who knows the ruin that both can bring?</span></span></p></div> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Further Sayings of the Wise</span></h3><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="indent-1"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>These also are sayings of the wise:</span></span></p></div><div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text">Partiality in judging is not good.</span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>Whoever says to the wicked, “You are innocent,”</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and a good blessing will come upon them.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>One who gives an honest answer</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">gives a kiss on the lips.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>Prepare your work outside,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">get everything ready for you in the field;</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and after that build your house.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and do not deceive with your lips.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I will pay them back for what they have done.”</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>I passed by the field of one who was lazy,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">by the vineyard of a stupid person;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>and see, it was all overgrown with thorns;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">the ground was covered with nettles,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and its stone wall was broken down.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>Then I saw and considered it;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I looked and received instruction.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>A little sleep, a little slumber,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">a little folding of the hands to rest,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>and poverty will come upon you like a robber,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">and want, like an armed warrior.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 24:5">Proverbs 24:5</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk Compare Syr Tg: Heb <i>A wise man is strength</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Proverbs 24:21">Proverbs 24:21</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>do not associate with those who change</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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