Proverbs 24:4-30

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

⁵A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

⁶For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

⁷Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.

⁸He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.

⁹The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.

¹⁰If thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.

¹¹Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

¹²If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.

¹³Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:

¹⁴so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

¹⁵Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.

¹⁶For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.

¹⁷Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;

¹⁸lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.

¹⁹Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, and be not envious of the wicked:

²⁰for there shall be no future to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

²¹My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.

²²For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

²³These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

²⁴He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

²⁵but to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.

²⁶He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.

²⁷Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.

²⁸Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?

²⁹Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;