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Proverbs 24:1 (BSB)
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;

Proverbs 24:2 (BSB)
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.

Proverbs 24:3 (BSB)
By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

Proverbs 24:4 (BSB)
through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.

Proverbs 24:5 (BSB)
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.

Proverbs 24:6 (BSB)
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

Proverbs 24:7 (BSB)
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Proverbs 24:8 (BSB)
He who plots evil will be called a schemer.

Proverbs 24:9 (BSB)
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

Proverbs 24:10 (BSB)
If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

Proverbs 24:11 (BSB)
Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.

Proverbs 24:12 (BSB)
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Proverbs 24:13 (BSB)
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:14 (BSB)
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

Proverbs 24:15 (BSB)
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.

Proverbs 24:16 (BSB)
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Proverbs 24:17 (BSB)
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,

Proverbs 24:18 (BSB)
or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

Proverbs 24:19 (BSB)
Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.

Proverbs 24:20 (BSB)
For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Proverbs 24:21 (BSB)
My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.

Proverbs 24:22 (BSB)
For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

Proverbs 24:23 (BSB)
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

Proverbs 24:24 (BSB)
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

Proverbs 24:25 (BSB)
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

Proverbs 24:26 (BSB)
An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.

Proverbs 24:27 (BSB)
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.

Proverbs 24:28 (BSB)
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Proverbs 24:29 (BSB)
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

Proverbs 24:30 (BSB)
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

Proverbs 24:31 (BSB)
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

Proverbs 24:32 (BSB)
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

Proverbs 24:33 (BSB)
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 24:34 (BSB)
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

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