Proverbs Chapter 24
24:1 | Be not thou envious against ![]() |
24:2 | For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. |
24:3 | Through wisdom is an ![]() |
24:4 | And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. |
24:5 | A wise man [is] strong; ![]() |
24:6 | For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety. |
24:7 | Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. |
24:8 | He that deviseth to ![]() ![]() |
24:9 | The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men. |
24:10 | [If] thou faint in the ![]() |
24:11 | If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto ![]() |
24:12 | 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 shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works? |
24:13 | My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: |
24:14 | So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. |
24:15 | Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: |
24:16 | For a just [man] falleth seven ![]() |
24:17 | Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: |
24:18 | Lest the LORD ![]() |
24:19 | Fret not thyself because of ![]() |
24:20 | For there shall be no reward to the ![]() |
24:21 | My son, fear thou the LORD and the ![]() |
24:22 | For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? |
24:23 | These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment. |
24:24 | He that saith unto the wicked, Thou ![]() |
24:25 | But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. |
24:26 | [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right ![]() |
24:27 | Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine ![]() |
24:28 | Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips. |
24:29 | Say not, I will ![]() |
24:30 | I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; |
24:31 | And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. |
24:32 | Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction. |
24:33 | [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
24:34 | So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. |