Proverbs 24 — ENGLXXUP

24 Verse 1 My son, envy not bad men, ^{Verse 2} For their heart meditates falsehoods, ^{Verse 3} A house is built by wisdom, ^{Verse 4} By discretion the chambers are filled ^{Verse 5} A wise man is better than a strong man; ^{Verse 6} War is carried on with generalship, ^{Verse 7} Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: ^{Verse 8} But deliberate in council. ^{Verse 9} The fool also dies in sins; ^{Verse 10} He shall be defiled in the evil day, ^{Verse 11} Deliver them that are led away to death, ^{Verse 12} But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; ^{Verse 13} My son, eat honey, for the honeycomb is good, ^{Verse 14} Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: ^{Verse 15} Bring not an ungodly man into the dwelling of the righteous: ^{Verse 16} For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise again: ^{Verse 17} If thine enemy should fall, rejoice not over him, ^{Verse 18} For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, ^{Verse 19} Rejoice not in evildoers, ^{Verse 20} For the evil man shall have no posterity: ^{Verse 21} My son, fear God and the king; ^{Verse 22} For they will suddenly punish the ungodly, ^{Verse 23} And this thing I say to you that are wise for you to learn: ^{Verse 24} He that says of the ungodly, He is righteous, ^{Verse 25} But they that reprove him shall appear more excellent, ^{Verse 26} And men will kiss lips that answer well. ^{Verse 27} Prepare thy works for thy going forth, ^{Verse 28} Be not a false witness against thy fellow citizen, ^{Verse 29} Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, ^{Verse 30} A foolish man is like a farm, ^{Verse 31} If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; ^{Verse 32} Afterward I reflected, ^{Verse 33} The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, ^{Verse 34} But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; ^{Verse 35} The horseleech had three dearly beloved daughters: ^{Verse 36} The grave, and the love of a woman, ^{Verse 37} The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, ^{Verse 38} Moreover there are three things impossible for me to comprehend, ^{Verse 39} The track of a flying eagle; ^{Verse 40} Such is the way of an adulterous woman, ^{Verse 41} By three things the earth is troubled, ^{Verse 42} If a servant reign; ^{Verse 43} Or if a maidservant should cast out her own mistress; ^{Verse 44} And there are four very little things upon the earth, ^{Verse 45} The ants which are weak, ^{Verse 46} The rabbits also are a feeble race, ^{Verse 47} The locusts have no king, ^{Verse 48} And the eft, which supports itself by its hands, and is easily taken, ^{Verse 49} And there are three things which go well, ^{Verse 50} A lion’s whelp, stronger than all other beasts, ^{Verse 51} And a cock walking in boldly among the hens, ^{Verse 52} If thou abandon thyself to mirth, ^{Verse 53} Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, ^{Verse 54} My words have been spoken by God— ^{Verse 55} What wilt thou keep, my son, what? the words of God. ^{Verse 56} Give not thy wealth to women, ^{Verse 57} Princes are prone to anger: ^{Verse 58} Lest they drink, and forget wisdom, ^{Verse 59} Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, ^{Verse 60} That they may forget their poverty, ^{Verse 61} Open thy mouth with the word of God, ^{Verse 62} Open thy mouth and judge justly,