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Proverbs 24 (NET) New English Translation

1 Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them;
2 for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.
3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;
4 by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures.
5 A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger;
6 for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
7 Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth.
8 The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.
9 A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.
10 If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!
11 Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter.
12 If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?
13 Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home.
16 Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,
18 lest the LORD see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him.
19 Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people,
20 for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21 Fear the LORD, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,
22 for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the LORD and the king can bring?
23 These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
24 The one who says to the guilty, "You are innocent," peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.
25 But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them.
26 Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer.
27 Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house.
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.
29 Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done."
30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.
31 I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
32 When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:
33 "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."
1 Be not H408 NPAR thou envious H7065 against evil H7451 AFS men H376 B-CMP , neither H408 ADV desire H183 to be H1961 with H854 them .
2 For H3588 CONJ their heart H3820 CMS-3MP studieth H1897 VQY3MS destruction H7701 , and their lips H8193 talk H1696 of mischief H5999 .
3 Through wisdom H2451 B-NFS is a house H1004 built H1129 VNY3MS ; and by understanding H8394 it is established H3559 :
4 And by knowledge H1847 shall the chambers H2315 be filled H4390 with all H3605 NMS precious H3368 AMS and pleasant H5273 riches H1952 NMS .
5 A wise H2450 AMS man H1397 is strong H5797 ; yea , a man H376 of knowledge H1847 NFS increaseth H553 strength H3581 .
6 For H3588 CONJ by wise counsel H8458 thou shalt make H6213 VQY2MS thy war H4421 NFS : and in multitude H7230 of counselors H3289 there is safety H8668 .
7 Wisdom H2454 NFP is too high H7311 for a fool H191 L-AMS : he openeth H6605 not H3808 NADV his mouth H6310 CMS-3MS in the gate H8179 .
8 He that deviseth H2803 to do evil H7489 shall be called H7121 a mischievous H4209 person H1167 .
9 The thought H2154 of foolishness H200 is sin H2403 CFS : and the scorner H3887 is an abomination H8441 to men H120 L-CMS .
10 If thou faint H7503 in the day H3117 B-NMS of adversity H6869 NFS , thy strength H3581 is small H6862 AMS .
11 If H518 PART thou forbear H2820 to deliver H5337 them that are drawn H3947 unto death H4194 LD-NMS , and those that are ready H4131 to be slain H2027 ;
12 If H3588 CONJ thou sayest H559 VQY2MS , Behold H2005 IJEC , we knew H3045 it H2088 DPRO not H3808 NADV ; doth not H3808 ADV he that pondereth H8505 the heart H3820 consider H995 VQY3MS it ? and he that keepeth H5341 thy soul H5315 , doth not he H1931 PPRO-3MS know H3045 VQY3MS it ? and shall not he render H7725 to every man H120 L-CMS according to his works H6467 ?
13 My son H1121 NMS-1MS , eat H398 thou honey H1706 , because H3588 CONJ it is good H2896 AMS ; and the honeycomb H5317 , which is sweet H4966 to H5921 PREP thy taste H2441 :
14 So H3651 ADV shall the knowledge H3045 of wisdom H2451 NFS be unto thy soul H5315 : when H518 PART thou hast found H4672 it , then there shall be H3426 a reward H319 CFS , and thy expectation H8615 shall not H3808 NADV be cut off H3772 .
15 Lay not wait H408 NPAR , O wicked H7563 AMS man , against the dwelling H5116 of the righteous H6662 AMS ; spoil H7703 not H408 ADV his resting place H7258 :
16 For H3588 CONJ a just H6662 AMS man falleth H5307 seven H7651 MFS times , and riseth up again H6965 : but the wicked H7563 shall fall H3782 into mischief H7451 .
17 Rejoice H8055 not H408 NPAR when thine enemy H341 falleth H5307 B-VQFC , and let not H408 NPAR thine heart H3820 CMS-2MS be glad H1523 when he stumbleth H3782 :
18 Lest H6435 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS see H7200 VQY3MS it , and it displease H7489 him , and he turn away H7725 his wrath H639 CMS-3MS from M-PREP-3MS him .
19 Fret not thyself H408 NPAR because of evil H7489 men , neither H408 NPAR be thou envious H7065 at the wicked H7563 ;
20 For H3588 CONJ there shall be H1961 no H3808 UNKN reward H319 CFS to the evil H7451 man ; the candle H5216 CMS of the wicked H7563 AMP shall be put out H1846 VQY3MS .
21 My son H1121 NMS-1MS , fear H3372 thou the LORD H3068 EDS and the king H4428 : and meddle H6148 not H408 NPAR with H5973 PREP them that are given to change H8138 :
22 For H3588 CONJ their calamity H343 NMS-3MP shall rise H6965 VQY3MS suddenly H6597 ADV ; and who H4310 IPRO knoweth H3045 the ruin H6365 W-NMS of them both H8147 ONUM-3MP ?
23 These H428 PMP things also H1571 CONJ belong to the wise H2450 . It is not H1077 ADV good H2896 AMS to have respect H5234 of persons H6440 NMP in judgment H4941 .
24 He that saith H559 unto the wicked H7563 , Thou H859 PPRO-2MS art righteous H6662 AMS ; him shall the people H5971 NMP curse H5344 VQY3MP , nations H3816 shall abhor H2194 him :
25 But to them that rebuke H3198 him shall be delight H5276 , and a good H2896 AMS blessing H1293 shall come H935 VQY2MS upon H5921 them .
26 Every man shall kiss H5401 his lips H8193 NFD that giveth H7725 VHPMS a right H5228 answer H1697 NMP .
27 Prepare H3559 VHI2MS thy work H4399 NFS-2MS without H2351 BD-NMS , and make it fit H6257 W-VPI2MS for thyself in the field H7704 B-NMS ; and afterwards H310 ADV build H1129 W-VQQ2MS thine house H1004 CMS-2MS .
28 Be H1961 VQI3FS not H408 NPAR a witness H5707 against thy neighbor H7453 without cause H2600 ADV ; and deceive H6601 not with thy lips H8193 .
29 Say H559 not H408 NPAR , I will do H6213 so H3651 ADV to him as H834 K-RPRO he hath done H6213 VQY1MS to me : I will render H7725 to the man H376 LD-NMS according to his work H6467 .
30 I went H5674 by H5921 PREP the field H7704 CMS of the slothful H6102 , and by H5921 PREP the vineyard H3754 of the man H120 NMS void H2638 JMS of understanding H3820 NMS ;
31 And , lo H2009 IJEC , it was all H3605 grown over H5927 with thorns H7063 , and nettles H2738 had covered H3680 the face H6440 CMS-3MS thereof , and the stone H68 wall H1444 thereof was broken down H2040 .
32 Then I H595 PPRO-1MS saw H2372 , and considered it well H7896 VQY1MS : I looked H7200 VQQ1MS upon it , and received H3947 instruction H4148 .
33 Yet a little H4592 AMS sleep H8142 , a little H4592 AMS slumber H8572 , a little H4592 AMS folding H2264 of the hands H3027 NFD to sleep H7901 :
34 So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that traveleth H1980 VTPMS ; and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man H376 .
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