Proverbs 24

¹Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

²For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

³By wisdom is a house builded, And by understanding it establisheth itself.

⁴And by knowledge the inner parts are filled, [With] all precious and pleasant wealth.

⁵Mighty [is] the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,

⁶For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.

⁷Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

⁸Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

⁹The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.

¹⁰Thou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,

¹¹If [from] delivering those taken to death, And those slipping to the slaughter — thou keepest back.

¹²When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

¹³Eat my son, honey that [is] good, And the honeycomb — sweet to thy palate.

¹⁴So [is] the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.