Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou envious of wicked men, neither crave to be with them;
Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For, violence, their heart muttereth, and, mischief, their lips do speak.
For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
3 In wisdom, is a house builded, and, in understanding, is it established;
Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
4 And, in knowledge, chambers are filled, with all acquisitions, costly and fair.
And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man, is mighty, and, a man of knowledge, becometh alert in vigour.
A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
6 Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
7 Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.
Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do mischief, him, shall men call, a master of plots.
Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
9 The purpose of folly, is sin, and, an abomination to mankind, is a buffoon.
The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
10 Thou hast been slothful in the day of straitness, Strait, is thy strength.
If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
11 Deliver thou such as are being led forth to death, and, them who are tottering to slaughter, oh that thou wouldst hold back!
Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?
12 Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed?
If thou say, Beholde, we knew not of it: he that pondereth the heartes, doeth not hee vnderstand it? and hee that keepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? will not he also recompense euery man according to his workes?
13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, —and droppings from the comb [because they are] sweet to thy palate:
My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
14 Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait, thou lawless man, against the home of the righteous, —neither destroy thou his place of rest;
Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
16 For, seven times, may the righteous fall and yet arise, but, lawless men, shall stumble into calamity.
For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
17 When thine enemy falleth, do not thou rejoice, and, when he stumbleth, let not thy heart exult:
Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
18 Lest Yahweh see it, and it be wicked in his eyes, and he turn away from him his anger.
Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
19 Burn not with vexation against evil doers, be not envious of lawless men;
Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
20 For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
21 Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
22 For, suddenly, shall arise their calamity; and, the misfortune of their years, who knoweth?
For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
23 These things also, concern the wise, To take note of faces in judgment, is not good.
ALSO THESE THINGS PERTEINE TO THE WISE, It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement.
24 He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse him;
He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
25 But, to reprovers, one should be pleasant, and, upon them, should come an excellent blessing:
But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.
26 Lips, should one kiss with one who answereth in right words.
They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.
27 Prepare, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
28 Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:
Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
29 Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.
30 By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
31 And lo! there had come up all over it—thorns, there had covered the face thereof—thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.
And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
32 So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:
Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
34 So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
