LEB PRO chapter 24

LEB PRO Chapter 24

and do not desire to be with them.
2  and their lips will speak mischief.
3  and by understanding it is established.
4  with all riches, precious and pleasant.
5 is in strength, and a man of knowledge is strong in power.
6  and victory is in an abundance of counsel.
7 is too high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
8 [fn] himself, they will call him “master[fn] of mischief.”
9 is a sin, and an abomination to humankind is a scoffer.
10 If you faint on the day of adversity, little is your strength.
11  and those who stagger to the slaughter. If you hold back,
12  does not he who weighs hearts perceive it?
And he who keeps your soul,[fn]
he knows and will repay humankind according to his deeds.
13 it is good, and the dripping of the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
14 the sake of your soul,[fn]if you find it, then there is a future,
and your hope will not be cut off.
15 like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do not do violence to his dwelling place.
16 times the righteous will fall, but he will rise, but the wicked will be overthrown by calamity.
17  when he trips himself, may your heart[fn] not be glad
18 it be evil in his eyes, and turn his anger away from him.
19  do not envy the wicked.
20  the lamp of the wicked will die out.
21  with those who change, do not associate.
22  and the ruin of[fn] who knows?
23 sayings are also for the wise:[fn] in judgment is not good.
24  the nations will abhor him.
25  and upon them blessings of goodness will come.
26 the lips, he who gives an honest answer.
27  afterward, then[fn] you shall build your house.
28  nor deceive with your lips.
29  I will pay back the man according to his deed.”
30  and over the vineyard of a person lacking[fn]
31 with thorns, its surface with nettles, and[fn] was broken down.
32 [fn] considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction:
33  a little folding of the hands for rest,
34  and your lack like an armed warrior.

?:? Or “to”

?:? Or “owner”

?:? Or “life,” or “inner self”

?:? Or “mind”

?:? Literally “the two of them”

?:? Literally “acknowledge faces”

?:? Hebrew “and”

?:? Literally “heart”

?:? Literally “a wall of his/its stones”

?:? Or “mind”