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| 24:1 |
Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them;
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| 24:2 |
for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief.
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| 24:3 |
By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;
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| 24:4 |
by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
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| 24:5 |
Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones, and those who have knowledge than those who have strength;
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| 24:6 |
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
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| 24:7 |
Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.
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| 24:8 |
Whoever plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker.
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| 24:9 |
The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.
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| 24:10 |
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength being small;
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| 24:11 |
if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death, those who go staggering to the slaughter;
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| 24:12 |
if you say, "Look, we did not know this"-- does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it? And will he not repay all according to their deeds?
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| 24:13 |
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
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| 24:14 |
Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, you will find a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
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| 24:15 |
Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;
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| 24:16 |
for though they fall seven times, they will rise again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
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| 24:17 |
Do not rejoice when your enemies fall, and do not let your heart be glad when they stumble,
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| 24:18 |
or else the LORD will see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from them.
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| 24:19 |
Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not envy the wicked;
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| 24:20 |
for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.
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| 24:21 |
My child, fear the LORD and the king, and do not disobey either of them;
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| 24:22 |
for disaster comes from them suddenly, and who knows the ruin that both can bring?
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| 24:23 |
These also are sayings of the wise: Partiality in judging is not good.
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| 24:24 |
Whoever says to the wicked, "You are innocent," will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations;
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| 24:25 |
but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
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| 24:26 |
One who gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.
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| 24:27 |
Prepare your work outside, get everything ready for you in the field; and after that build your house.
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| 24:28 |
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
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| 24:29 |
Do not say, "I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done."
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| 24:30 |
I passed by the field of one who was lazy, by the vineyard of a stupid person;
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| 24:31 |
and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
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| 24:32 |
Then I saw and considered it; I looked and 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 |
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want, like an armed warrior.
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