Proverbs 24
1 May not you be jealous of people of evil and may not (you desire *Q(k)*) to be with them.
Be not thou envious of wicked men, And desire not to be with them!
2 For violence it plots heart their and trouble lips their they speak.
For their heart studieth destruction, And their lips speak mischief.
3 By wisdom it is built a house and by understanding it is established.
Through wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding is it established;
4 And by knowledge rooms they are filled all wealth precious and pleasant.
Yea, by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and goodly substance.
5 A man wise [who is] in strength and a person of knowledge [is] making firm strength.
The wise man is strong; Yea, the man of understanding establisheth his strength.
6 For by wise directions you will make for yourself war and victory [is] in a multitude of counselor[s].
For by wise counsel shalt thou make war, And by the multitude of counsellors cometh success.
7 [are] high For a fool wisdom in the gate not he opens mouth his.
Wisdom is too high for the fool; He openeth not his mouth at the gate.
8 [one who] plans To do evil him master of plots people will call.
He that deviseth to do evil Shall be called mischief-master.
9 A plan of foolishness [is] sin and [is] an abomination to humankind a mocker.
The purpose of folly is sin; And a scoffer is an abomination to men.
10 You have shown yourself without courage in a day of trouble [is] narrow strength your.
If thy spirit faint in the day of adversity, Faint will be thy strength.
11 Deliver [those being] taken to death and [those who] are staggering to the slaughter if you will restrain.
Deliver thou those who are dragged to death, And those who totter to the slaughter, —O keep them back!
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.
If thou sayst, “Behold, we knew it not!” Doth not he that weigheth the heart observe it? Yea, he that keepeth thy soul knoweth it. And he will render to every man according to his works.
13 Eat O son my honey for [it is] good and honey from [the] comb [is] sweet on palate your.
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;
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 learn thou wisdom for thy soul! When thou hast found it, there shall be a reward, And thy expectation shall not be 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.
Plot not, O wicked man! against the habitation of the righteous; Spoil not 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 though the righteous fall seven times, yet shall he rise up again; But the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17 When falls (enemy your *Q(K)*) may not you rejoice and when stumbles he may not it rejoice heart your.
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
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 the LORD see, and it displease him, And he turn away his anger from him.
19 May not you fret yourself by evil-doers may not you be jealous of wicked [people].
Fret not thyself on account of evil men, Neither be thou envious of 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 shall be no posterity to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
21 Fear Yahweh O son my and [the] king with [those who] change may not you get involved.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king; And mingle not with them that are given to change!
22 For suddenly it will arise calamity their and [the] disaster of both of them who? [is] knowing.
For their calamity shall rise up suddenly, And their ruin, coming from them both, in a moment.
23 Also these [belong] to wise [people] to pay regard to face in judgment not [is] good.
These also are words of the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24 [one who] says - To a wicked [person] [are] righteous you they will curse him peoples they will denounce him nations.
He that saith to the wicked, “Thou art righteous,” Him shall the people curse; Nations shall 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].
But it shall be well with them that punish him, And the blessing of prosperity shall come upon them.
26 Lips he kisses [one who] bring back words right.
He that giveth a right answer Kisseth the lips.
27 Establish on the outside - work your and make ready it in the field for yourself after and you will build house your.
Arrange thy work without, And prepare it in thy field: Afterwards thou mayst build thy house.
28 May not you be a witness without cause in neighbor your and ¿ will you deceive with lips your.
Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbor, And deceive not with thy 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.
Say not, “As he hath done to me, So will I do to him; I will render to the man according to his doings.”
30 At [the] field of a person lazy I passed by and at [the] vineyard of a person lacking of heart.
I passed by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,
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, lo! it was all overgrown with thorns, And the face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 And I saw I I set heart my I saw I received instruction.
Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it. and 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 rest!”
34 And it will come going about poverty your and poverti your like a man of shield.
So shall poverty come upon thee like a highwayman; Yea, want like an armed man.
