Proverbs 24

Be not thou envious against evil men;

For their heart studieth oppression,

Through wisdom is a house builded;

And by knowledge are the chambers filled

A wise man is strong;

For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war;

Wisdom is too high for a fool:

He that deviseth to do evil,

The thought of foolishness is sin;

If thou faint in the day of adversity,

Deliver them that are carried away unto death,

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this;

My son, eat thou honey, for it is good;

So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul;

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous;

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again;

Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,

Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him,

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;

For there shall be no reward to the evil man;

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king;

For their calamity shall rise suddenly;

These also are sayings of the wise.

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous,

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,

He kisseth the lips

Prepare thy work without,

Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause;

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me;

I went by the field of the sluggard,

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,

Then I beheld, and considered well;

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,

So shall thy poverty come as a robber,