Proverbs 24
1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.
3 Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man [is] strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
A wise man is strong: for a man of vnderstanding encreaseth his strength.
6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.
9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
10 [If] thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.
If thou bee faint in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small.
11 If thou forbearest to deliver [them that are] drawn to death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
Deliuer them that are drawen to death: wilt thou not preserue them that are led to be slaine?
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and will [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
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 the honey-comb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] to thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy 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 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:
Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
17 Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.
For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.
21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.
22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
For their destruction shall rise suddenly, and who knoweth the ruine of them both?
23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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 wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
He that saith to the wicked, Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhorre him.
25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and vpon them shall come the blessing of goodnesse.
26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.
They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.
27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.
Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man 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 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken 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 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it], [and] received instruction.
Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.
So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.
