Proverbs 24:1-4 in English

¹ Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:

² For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

³ Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established;

⁴ And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

² For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.

³ A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.

⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.

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.

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.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

² For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.

³ A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.

⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.

¹ Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

² For their heart studieth oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.

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

⁴ And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

¹ Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them,

² because they are constantly thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak MTY, they talk about ◄causing trouble/hurting someone►.

³ People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by heeding good advice.

⁴ By using good sense, they are able to buy valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

² For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs.

³ A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding.

⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

² For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble.

³ The building of a house is by wisdom, and by reason it is made strong:

⁴ And by knowledge its rooms are full of all dear and pleasing things.

¹ Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

³ Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;

⁴ and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.

¹ Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:

² Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits.

³ By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened.

⁴ By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth.

¹ Don't be jealous of evil people; don't long to spend time with them,

² for they think up cruel plans and discuss how to cause trouble.

³ A house is built by wisdom; its foundation is made secure through understanding.

⁴ Its rooms are filled by knowledge with all kinds of valuable and beautiful objects.

¹ Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

² For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

³ Through wisdome is an house builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.

⁴ And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled with all precious, and pleasant riches.

¹ Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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

³ Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established;

⁴ And by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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 a house builded; And by understanding it is established:

⁴ And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

¹ Be thou not envious of bad men, and do not long to be with them.

² For their heart meditateth destruction, and of mischief do their lips speak.

³ Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established;

⁴ And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, Nor desire to be with them.

² For their heart meditates falsehoods, And their lips speak mischiefs.

³ A house is built by wisdom, And is set up by understanding.

⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled With all precious and excellent wealth.

¹ Be not thou envious of wicked men, And desire not to be with them!

² For their heart studieth destruction, And their lips speak mischief.

³ Through wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding is it established;

⁴ Yea, by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and goodly substance.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:

² for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Do not be envious of those who are evil, nor desire to associate with them,

² because their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about trouble.

³ Through wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established.

⁴ By knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

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 a house built; and by understanding it is established:

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

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;

² for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.

³ Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;

⁴ by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.

¹ Pursue or follow thou not evil men, desire thou not to be with them.

² For the soul of them bethinketh on ravens, and their lips speak frauds.

³ An house shall be builded by wisdom, and it shall be made strong by prudence, or understanding.

⁴ The Cellars shall be filled in teaching, with all riches precious and full fair.

¹ Follow thou not evil men (or Do not thou follow evil people), desire thou not to be with them.

² For the soul of them bethinketh (on) ravens, and their lips speak frauds. (For their minds think about robberies, and their lips speak lies.)

³ An house shall be builded by wisdom, and it shall be made strong by prudence, (or by understanding).

⁴ The Cellars shall be filled in teaching, with all riches precious and full fair. (By knowledge and study, the cellars shall be filled with all precious and beautiful things of riches.)

¹ Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

² For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

³ By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

⁴ And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, With all precious and pleasant wealth.