Proverbs 24

Don’t be envious of evil men;

for their hearts plot violence,

Through wisdom a house is built;

by knowledge the rooms are filled

A wise man has great power;

for by wise guidance you wage your war;

Wisdom is too high for a fool:

One who plots to do evil

The schemes of folly are sin.

If you falter in the time of trouble,

Rescue those who are being led away to death!

If you say, “Behold, we didn’t know this”;

My son, eat honey, for it is good;

so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul;

Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again;

Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls.

lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him,

Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers;

for there will be no reward to the evil man;

My son, fear Yahweh and the king.

for their calamity will rise suddenly;

These also are sayings of the wise.

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”;

but it will go well with those who convict the guilty,

An honest answer

Prepare your work outside,

Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause.

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;

I went by the field of the sluggard,

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns.

Then I saw, and considered well.

a little sleep, a little slumber,

so your poverty will come as a robber,