Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Proverbs chapter 24

Don’t or wish you could be part of their world,because their are always scheming up , and their words stir up nothing but trouble.A house is built by , and it’s made strong through .Through its rooms are filled with every kind of rare and beautiful treasure.A wise person is , and someone with knowledge grows ever more powerful.Because you need to wage war, and victory comes from having many .Wisdom is beyond the reach of a — when the leaders gather at the , he has nothing to contribute.Anyone who keeps plotting harmful schemes earns a reputation as a .The scheme of a fool is itself, and everyone despises someone who others.If you on a , your strength was never that great to begin with.Rescue those who are being to death; hold back those stumbling toward slaughter.If you say, “We didn’t know about this” — doesn’t the one who see the truth? Doesn’t the one who know? And won’t he pay everyone back for what they’ve actually done?My son, eat — it is good. Let the raw be sweet on your tongue.Know that wisdom is like that for your — if you find it, there is a future for you, and your will not be cut short.Don’t lurk like a criminal near the home of a . Don’t attack where they rest.Because a just person falls and gets back up, but those who cause harm are brought down by for good.Don’t celebrate when your enemy falls, and don’t let your be glad when they stumble,or will see it and be , and he’ll turn his anger away from them.Don’t over evildoers, and don’t envy those who cause harm,because there is no future for someone who causes harm — the of those who do wrong will be .My son, Yahweh and the king, and don’t get involved with people who want to ,because disaster from both will come suddenly — and who knows what either of them can unleash?These also come from the wise: Showing is never a good thing.Whoever tells a , “You’re innocent” — whole will curse him, and peoples will denounce him.But it goes well for those who convict the guilty — .An honest answer is like a .Get your outdoor work in order, get your ready — after that, build your house.Don’t testify against your for no reason — would you really use your words to ?Don’t say, “I’ll do to him what he did to me — I’ll for what he’s done.”I walked by the field of a , past the vineyard of someone with .And look — had taken over everything. Weeds covered the ground, and the was crumbling.I looked at it and . I saw it and learned a lesson:“A little more sleep, a little more rest, a little more to relax” —and poverty will come at you like a , and need will hit you like an .