Proverbs 24
1 May not you be jealous of people of evil and may not (you desire *Q(k)*) to be with them.
Do not be envious of evil men, And do not desire to be with them.
2 For violence it plots heart their and trouble lips their they speak.
For their heart meditates [on] destruction, And their lips speak perverseness.
3 By wisdom it is built a house and by understanding it is established.
A house is built by wisdom, And it establishes itself by understanding.
4 And by knowledge rooms they are filled all wealth precious and pleasant.
And the inner parts are filled by knowledge, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.
5 A man wise [who is] in strength and a person of knowledge [is] making firm strength.
The wise [is] mighty in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,
6 For by wise directions you will make for yourself war and victory [is] in a multitude of counselor[s].
For you make war for yourself by plans, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.
7 [are] high For a fool wisdom in the gate not he opens mouth his.
Wisdom [is] high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.
8 [one who] plans To do evil him master of plots people will call.
Whoever is devising to do evil, They call him a master of wicked thoughts.
9 A plan of foolishness [is] sin and [is] an abomination to humankind a mocker.
The thought of folly [is] sin, And a scorner [is] an abomination to man.
10 You have shown yourself without courage in a day of trouble [is] narrow strength your.
You have showed yourself weak in a day of adversity, Your power is restricted,
11 Deliver [those being] taken to death and [those who] are staggering to the slaughter if you will restrain.
If [from] delivering those taken to death, And you take back those slipping to the slaughter.
12 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.
When you say, “Behold, we did not know this.” Is the Ponderer of hearts not He who understands? And the Keeper of your soul He who knows? And He has rendered to man according to his work.
13 Eat O son my honey for [it is] good and honey from [the] comb [is] sweet on palate your.
My son, eat honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb [is] sweet to your palate.
14 Thus - know! wisdom for self your if you find [it] and there [is] a future and hope your not it will be cut off.
So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to your soul, If you have found that there is a posterity And your hope is not cut off.
15 May not you lie in wait wicked [person] to [the] habitation of a righteous [person] may not you devastate resting place his.
Do not lay wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting place.
16 For seven [times] - he will fall a righteous [person] and he will rise and wicked [people] they will stumble in trouble.
For the righteous fall and rise seven [times], And the wicked stumble in evil.
17 When falls (enemy your *Q(K)*) may not you rejoice and when stumbles he may not it rejoice heart your.
Do not rejoice in the falling of your enemy, And do not let your heart be joyful in his stumbling,
18 Lest he should see Yahweh and it will be displeasing in view his and he will turn back from towards him anger his.
Lest YHWH see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He has turned His anger from off him.
19 May not you fret yourself by evil-doers may not you be jealous of wicked [people].
Do not fret yourself at evildoers, do not be envious at the wicked,
20 For - not it will belong a future to the evil [person] [the] lamp of wicked [people] it will be extinguished.
For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
21 Fear Yahweh O son my and [the] king with [those who] change may not you get involved.
Fear YHWH, my son, and the king, Do not mix yourself up with changers,
22 For suddenly it will arise calamity their and [the] disaster of both of them who? [is] knowing.
For their calamity rises suddenly, And the ruin of them both—who knows!
23 Also these [belong] to wise [people] to pay regard to face in judgment not [is] good.
These are also for the wise: [It] is not good to discern faces in judgment.
24 [one who] says - To a wicked [person] [are] righteous you they will curse him peoples they will denounce him nations.
Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” Peoples execrate him—nations abhor him.
25 And for the [ones who] rebuke [them] it will be pleasant and on them it will come blessing of good thing[s].
And it is pleasant to those reproving, And a good blessing comes on them.
26 Lips he kisses [one who] bring back words right.
He who is returning straightforward words kisses lips.
27 Establish on the outside - work your and make ready it in the field for yourself after and you will build house your.
Prepare your work in an out-place, And make it ready in the field—go afterward, Then you have built your house.
28 May not you be a witness without cause in neighbor your and ¿ will you deceive with lips your.
Do not be a witness against your neighbor for nothing, Or you have enticed with your lips.
29 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.
Do not say, “As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.”
30 At [the] field of a person lazy I passed by and at [the] vineyard of a person lacking of heart.
I passed by near the field of a slothful man, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
31 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.
And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, And its stone wall has been broken down.
32 And I saw I I set heart my I saw I received instruction.
And I see—I set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction,
33 A little of sleep a little of slumber a little of - folding of hands to rest.
A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.
34 And it will come going about poverty your and poverti your like a man of shield.
And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, And your want as an armed man!
