### Darby's English Translation

Proverbs 23

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| # Chapter 24
| Be not thou envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
| for their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
| Through wisdom is a house built, and by understanding it is established;
| and by knowledge are the chambers filled with all precious and pleasant substance.
| A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
| For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
| Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
| He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a master of intrigues.
| The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
| [If] thou losest courage in the day of trouble, thy strength is small.
| Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.
| If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not, will not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that preserveth thy soul, he knoweth it; and he rendereth to man according to his work.
| Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
| so consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
| Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place.
| For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
| Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
| lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him.
| Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, [and] be not envious of the wicked:
| for there shall be no future to the evil [man]; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
| My son, fear Jehovah and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change.
| For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
| These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
| He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
| but to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing cometh upon them.
| He kisseth the lips who giveth a right answer.
| Prepare thy work without, and put thy field in order, and afterwards build thy house.
| Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
| Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.
| I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;
| and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
| Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:
| -- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
| So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

Proverbs 25

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