| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8One who plans to do evil, Men will call a schemer. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If you say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place; |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked; |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those who are given to change, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous," Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him; |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight, And a good blessing will come upon them. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He kisses the lips Who gives a right answer. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work." |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest," |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man. |
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