Proverbs 24:3-22t

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

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

⁵A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.

⁶War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.

⁷Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,

⁸but deliberate in council. Death befalls uninstructed men.

⁹The fool also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.

¹⁰He shall be defiled in the evil day, and in the day of affliction, until he be utterly consumed.

¹¹Deliver them that are led away to death, and redeem them that are appointed to be slain; spare not thy help.

¹²But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works.

¹³My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, that thy throat may be sweetened.

¹⁴Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.

¹⁵Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: neither be deceived by the feeding of the belly.

¹⁶For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise again: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles.

¹⁷If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, neither be elated at his overthrow.

¹⁸For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.

¹⁹Rejoice not in evil-doers, neither be envious of sinners.

²⁰For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹My son, fear God and the king; and do not disobey either of them.

²²For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, and who can know the vengeance inflicted by both?

^22aA son that keeps the commandment shall escape destruction; for such an one has fully received it.

^22bLet no falsehood be spoken by the king from the tongue; yea, let no falsehood proceed from his tongue.

^22cThe king's tongue is a sword, and not one of flesh; and whosoever shall be given up to it shall be destroyed:

^22dfor if his wrath should be provoked, he destroys men with cords,

^22eand devours men's bones, and burns them up as a flame, so that they are not even fit to be eaten by the young eagles.

^22fMy son, reverence my words, and receive them, and repent. These things says the man to them that trust in God; and I cease.

^22gFor I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.

^22hGod has taught me wisdom, and I know the knowledge of the holy.

²²ⁱWho has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

^22kFor all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

^22lAdd not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar.

^22mTwo things I ask of thee; take not favour from me before I die.

²²ⁿRemove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

^22olest I be filled and become false, and say, Who sees me? or be poor and steal, and swear vainly by the name of God.

^22pDeliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed.

^22qA wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

^22rA wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

^22sA wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

^22tA wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw-teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.