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OET-RV PROV Chapter 24

OETPROV 24 ©

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24Don’t be envious of evil men,

≈ and don’t try to associate with them,

2because they have violent thoughts,

and their lips cause trouble.

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3It’s through wisdom that a house is built,

≈ and it’s established by understanding.

4It’s through knowledge that its rooms get filled

→ with beautiful and valuable treasures.

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5A wise person is strong,

and those with knowledge increase their power,

6→ because you need wise guidance to go to war,

≈ and victory requires many advisers.

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7Wisdom is too much for fools.

→ They don’t open their mouths at the city gate.

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8The person who plans to do evil,

will be known by others as a master schemer.

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9A foolish plan is sinful,

and people hate a mocker.

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10If you display a lack of courage when you have troubles,

→ your strength is limited.

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11Rescue those being led away to their death,

≈ and those who will be staggering to their slaughter if you restrain.

12If you just say that you didn’t know anything about it,

→ then the one who weighs motives will realise.

→ Then the one who guards your life will repay everyone according to what they’ve done.

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13My child, eat honey because it’s good,

≈ and honeycomb tastes sweet.

14Wisdom is like that for your mind,

and if you find it, there’ll be a future for you,

and what you hope for won’t be taken away from you.

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15Don’t lie in wait like a wicked person does at a good person’s home.

Don’t devastate the place where a good person lives,

16because a good person might fall several times then get up again,

^ but the wicked stumble when calamity comes.

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17Don’t cheer when your enemy falls,

≈ and when they stumble, don’t celebrate

18→ because Yahweh will see and disapprove,

→ and turn his anger away from them.

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19Don’t get yourself worrying because of evil people.

≈ Don’t be jealous of the wicked,

20→ because there’s no future for an evil person.

≈ The lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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21My child, honour Yahweh and the king and strive to obey them,

Don’t get involved with those who change sides

22→ because disaster will suddenly hit them

and who knows what ruin they both might bring then?

24:23More wise sayings

23These are more sayings of the wise:

It’s not good to show partiality when deciding a case.

24≈ Anyone who says to the guilty that they’re innocent,

→ will be cursed by the peoples and hated by the nations.

25However, those who convict the guilty will be admired,

→ and they’ll be blessed by good things happening.

26An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27Establish your work for outsiders and prepare your food gardens

then after that, build your house.

28Don’t be a witness against your neighbour without good reason,

or deceive others with what you say.

29Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me,

≈ I’ll pay him back for what he’s done.”

30I passed by the field of a lazy person

≈ and by the vineyard of a person with no initiative.

31Wow, thorns had grown up over all of it,

≈ and it was completely covered with weeds,

and its stone walls were broken down.

32I looked and made a decision.

≈ I saw it and learnt from it:

33A little sleep, a quick nap,

≈ a little folding your arms to rest,

34and poverty will sneak up on you like a robber,

and need will approach like an armed bandit.

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