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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">JPS Tanakh 1917</div><div class="chap"><div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Be not thou envious of evil men,</div><div class="po2">Neither desire to be with them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For their heart studieth destruction,</div><div class="po2">And their lips talk of mischief.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Through wisdom is a house builded;</div><div class="po2">And by understanding it is established;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And by knowledge are the chambers filled</div><div class="po2">With all precious and pleasant riches.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>A wise man is strong;</div><div class="po2">Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For with wise advice thou shalt make thy war;</div><div class="po2">And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Wisdom is as unattainable to a fool as corals;</div><div class="po2">He openeth not his mouth in the gate.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He that deviseth to do evil,</div><div class="po2">Men shall call him a mischievous person.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The thought of foolishness is sin;</div><div class="po2">And the scorner is an abomination to men.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If thou faint in the day of adversity,</div><div class="po2">Thy strength is small indeed.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Deliver them that are drawn unto death;</div><div class="po2">And those that are ready to be slain wilt thou forbear to rescue?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If thou sayest: ‘Behold, we knew not this’, Doth not He that weigheth the hearts consider it?</div><div class="po2">And He that keepeth thy soul, doth not He know it?</div><div class="po2">And shall not He render to every man according to his works?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>My son, eat thou honey, for it is good,</div><div class="po2">And the honeycomb is sweet to thy taste;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul;</div><div class="po2">If thou hast found it, then shall there be a future,</div><div class="po2">And thy hope shall not be cut off.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous,</div><div class="po2">Spoil not his resting-place;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again,</div><div class="po2">But the wicked stumble under adversity.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,</div><div class="po2">And let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him,</div><div class="po2">And He turn away His wrath from him.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Fret not thyself because of evildoers,</div><div class="po2">Neither be thou envious at the wicked;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For there will be no future to the evil man,</div><div class="po2">The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>My son, fear thou the LORD and the king,</div><div class="po2">And meddle not with them that are given to change;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For their calamity shall rise suddenly;</div><div class="po2">And who knoweth the ruin from them both?</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These also are sayings of the wise.<p></div><div class="po4">To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>He that saith unto the wicked: ‘Thou art righteous’,</div><div class="po2">Peoples shall curse him, nations shall execrate him;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But to them that decide justly shall be delight,</div><div class="po2">And a good blessing shall come upon them.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>He kisseth the lips</div><div class="po2">That giveth a right answer.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Prepare thy work without,</div><div class="po2">And make it fit for thyself in the field;</div><div class="po2">And afterwards build thy house.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;</div><div class="po2">And deceive not with thy lips.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Say not: ‘I will do so to him as he hath done to me;</div><div class="po2">I will render to the man according to his work.’</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>I went by the field of the slothful,</div><div class="po2">And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles,</div><div class="po2">The face thereof was covered with nettles,</div><div class="po2">And the stone wall thereof was broken down.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Then I beheld, and considered well;</div><div class="po2">I saw, and received instruction.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>‘Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,</div><div class="po2">A little folding of the hands to sleep’—</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/proverbs/24-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>So shall thy poverty come as a runner,</div><div class="po2">And thy want as an armed man.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a 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