< Proverbs 24 >

1 Be thou not envious of bad men, and do not long to be with them.
May not you be jealous of people of evil and may not (you desire *Q(k)*) to be with them.
2 For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.
For violence it plots heart their and trouble lips their they speak.
3 Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established;
By wisdom it is built a house and by understanding it is established.
4 And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.
And by knowledge rooms they are filled all wealth precious and pleasant.
5 A wise man is [always] in power; and a man of knowledge fortifieth [his] strength.
A man wise [who is] in strength and a person of knowledge [is] making firm strength.
6 For by wise counsel canst thou conduct thy war; and there is help in a multitude of counsellors.
For by wise directions you will make for yourself war and victory [is] in a multitude of counselor[s].
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: in the gate can he not open his mouth.
[are] high For a fool wisdom in the gate not he opens mouth his.
8 Him that deviseth to do evil, men call a master of wicked devices.
[one who] plans To do evil him master of plots people will call.
9 The counsel of folly is sin; and an abomination to men is the scorner.
A plan of foolishness [is] sin and [is] an abomination to humankind a mocker.
10 If thou despond on the day of distress, thy strength is small.
You have shown yourself without courage in a day of trouble [is] narrow strength your.
11 Deliver those that are taken unto death, and those that are moved away to the slaughter hold back.
Deliver [those being] taken to death and [those who] are staggering to the slaughter if you will restrain.
12 If thou shouldst say, Behold, we know not this man: lo, he that weigheth hearts will truly regard it, and he that keepeth thy soul will surely know it; and he will give a recompense to man according to his doing.
If you will say here! not we knew this ¿ not [one who] weighs hearts - he does he perceive and [one who] guards life your he does he know? and will he repay? to a person according to work his.
13 Eat honey, my son, because it is good; and the fine honey, which is sweet to thy palate:
Eat O son my honey for [it is] good and honey from [the] comb [is] sweet on palate your.
14 So obtain the knowledge of wisdom for thy soul: when thou hast found her, then shall there be a [happy] future, and thy hope shall not be cut off.
Thus - know! wisdom for self your if you find [it] and there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
15 Lie not in wait, O wicked man! against the dwelling of the righteous; waste not his resting-place;
May not you lie in wait wicked [person] to [the] habitation of a righteous [person] may not you devastate resting place his.
16 For though the righteous were to fall seven times, he will rise up again; but the wicked shall stumble into misfortune.
For seven [times] - he will fall a righteous [person] and he will rise and wicked [people] they will stumble in trouble.
17 At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad:
When falls (enemy your *Q(K)*) may not you rejoice and when stumbles he may not it rejoice heart your.
18 Lest the Lord see it and it be displeasing in his eyes, and he turn away from him his wrath.
Lest he should see Yahweh and it will be displeasing in view his and he will turn back from towards him anger his.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious of the wicked;
May not you fret yourself by evil-doers may not you be jealous of wicked [people].
20 For there will be no [happy] future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.
For - not it will belong a future to the evil [person] [the] lamp of wicked [people] it will be extinguished.
21 My son, fear the Lord and the king: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;
Fear Yahweh O son my and [the] king with [those who] change may not you get involved.
22 For suddenly will their calamity arise; and who knoweth the ruin of both of them!
For suddenly it will arise calamity their and [the] disaster of both of them who? [is] knowing.
23 These things also are for the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
Also these [belong] to wise [people] to pay regard to face in judgment not [is] good.
24 Him that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, will the people denounce, him will nations hold accursed;
[one who] says - To a wicked [person] [are] righteous you they will curse him peoples they will denounce him nations.
25 But to those that punish delight shall be given, and upon them shall come the blessing of the good.
And for the [ones who] rebuke [them] it will be pleasant and on them it will come blessing of good thing[s].
26 Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.
Lips he kisses [one who] bring back words right.
27 Prepare without thy work, and make it fit in the field for thyself: and afterward build thy house.
Establish on the outside - work your and make ready it in the field for yourself after and you will build house your.
28 Be not without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?
May not you be a witness without cause in neighbor your and ¿ will you deceive with lips your.
29 Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing.
May not you say just as he has done to me so I will do to him I will repay to the person according to deed his.
30 By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:
At [the] field of a person lazy I passed by and at [the] vineyard of a person lacking of heart.
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down.
And there! it had grown up all of it - thorns they were covered surface its nettles and [the] wall of stones its it was broken down.
32 And when I had indeed beheld [this] I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.
And I saw I I set heart my I saw I received instruction.
33 “A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
A little of sleep a little of slumber a little of - folding of hands to rest.
34 But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.
And it will come going about poverty your and poverti your like a man of shield.

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