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| 24:1 |
Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
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| 24:2 |
for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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| 24:3 |
Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
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| 24:4 |
and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.
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| 24:5 |
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
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| 24:6 |
For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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| 24:7 |
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
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| 24:8 |
He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.
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| 24:9 |
The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
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| 24:10 |
[If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
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| 24:11 |
Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
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| 24:12 |
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.
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| 24:13 |
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
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| 24:14 |
so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
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| 24:15 |
Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
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| 24:16 |
For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
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| 24:17 |
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
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| 24:18 |
lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.
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| 24:19 |
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
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| 24:20 |
for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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| 24:21 |
My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
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| 24:22 |
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
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| 24:23 |
These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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| 24:24 |
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
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| 24:25 |
but to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.
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| 24:26 |
He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
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| 24:27 |
Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
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| 24:28 |
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
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| 24:29 |
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
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| 24:30 |
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
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| 24:31 |
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
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| 24:32 |
Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
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| 24:33 |
-- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
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| 24:34 |
So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
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