en_cjb - Pro 24 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Don’t be envious of evil people, and don’t desire to be with them.

² For their minds are occupied with violence, and their lips speak of making trouble.

³ By wisdom a house is built, by understanding it is made secure,

⁴ and by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of costly and pleasant possessions.

⁵ A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge grows in strength.

⁶ For with clever strategy you wage your war, and victory comes from having many advisers.

⁷ Wisdom is too lofty for a fool; he keeps his mouth shut at the city gate.

⁸ He who plans to do evil people call a schemer.

⁹ The evil plans of the foolish are sin, and people detest a scorner.

¹⁰ If you slack off on a day of distress, your strength is small indeed.

¹¹ Yes, rescue those being dragged off to death — won’t you save those about to be killed?

¹² If you say, “We knew nothing about it,” won’t he who weighs hearts discern it? Yes, he who guards you will know it and repay each one as his deeds deserve.

¹³ My son, eat honey, for it is good; honeycomb drippings are sweet to your taste.

¹⁴ Know that wisdom is similar[ly sweet] to your soul; if you find it, then you will have a future, what you hope for will not be cut off.

¹⁵ Don’t lurk like an outlaw near the home of the righteous, don’t raid the place where he lives.

¹⁶ For though he falls seven times, he will get up again; it’s the wicked who fail under stress.

¹⁷ Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls; don’t let your heart be glad when he stumbles.

¹⁸ For ADONAI might see it, and it would displease him; he might withdraw his anger from your foe.

¹⁹ Don’t get upset because of evildoers; don’t be envious of the wicked.

²⁰ For the evil person has no future — the lamp of the wicked will go out.

²¹ My son, don’t get involved with revolutionaries, but fear ADONAI and the king.

²² For disaster from them will suddenly appear, and who knows what ruin they both can cause?

²³ These also are sayings of the wise: Showing partiality in judgment is not good.

²⁴ He who tells the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples, reviled by nations;

²⁵ but with those who condemn him, things will go well, and a good blessing will come upon them.

²⁶ Giving an honest answer is like giving a kiss.

²⁷ Prepare your outside work, and get things ready for yourself on the land; after that, build your house.

²⁸ Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason — would you use your lips to deceive?

²⁹ Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me, I’ll pay him back what his deeds deserve.”

³⁰ I passed by the field of the lazy man and the vineyard of the man lacking sense.

³¹ There it was, overgrown with thistles; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² I looked, and I thought about it; I saw, and I learned this lesson:

³³ “I’ll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep” —

³⁴ and poverty comes marching in on you, scarcity hits you like an invading soldier.