  THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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  24:1  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be 
        with them.

  24:2  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk 
        of mischief.

  24:3  Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it 
        is established:

  24:4  And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious 
        and pleasant riches.

  24:5  A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth 
        strength.

  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 do evil shall be called a mischievous 
        person.

  24:9  The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an 
        abomination to men.

  24:10  [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength 
         [is] small.

  24:11  If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, 
         and [those that are] ready to be slain;

  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 times, and riseth up again: 
         but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

  24:17  Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart 
         be glad when he stumbleth:

  24:18  Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn 
         away his wrath from him.

  24:19  Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou 
         envious at the wicked;

  24:20  For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle 
         of the wicked shall be put out.

  24:21  My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not 
         with them that are given to change:

  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 [art] righteous; him 
         shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

  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 answer.

  24:27  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the 
         field; and afterwards build thine house.

  24:28  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and 
         deceive [not] with thy lips.

  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.

  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.




