# Proverbs 24 [[Proverbs 23|←]] • [[Proverbs 25|→]] --- ### 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. ### 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. ### 3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: ### 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ### 5 A wise man strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. ### 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers safety. ### 7 Wisdom too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. ### 8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. ### 9 The thought of foolishness sin: and the scorner an abomination to men. ### 10 thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength small. ### 11 If thou forbear to deliver drawn unto death, and ready to be slain; ### 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider and he that keepeth thy soul, doth he know and shall he render to man according to his works? ### 13 My son, eat thou honey, because good; and the honeycomb, sweet to thy taste: ### 14 So the knowledge of wisdom unto thy soul: when thou hast found then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. ### 15 Lay not wait, O wicked against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: ### 16 For a just falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. ### 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: ### 18 Lest the Lord see and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ### 19 Fret not thyself because of evil neither be thou envious at the wicked; ### 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil the candle of the wicked shall be put out. ### 21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change: ### 22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? ### 23 These also to the wise. not good to have respect of persons in judgment. ### 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: ### 25 But to them that rebuke shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. ### 26 shall kiss lips that giveth a right answer. ### 27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. ### 28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive with thy lips. ### 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. ### 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; ### 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. ### 32 Then I saw, considered well: I looked upon received instruction. ### 33 a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ### 34 So shall thy poverty come one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.