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24:1  Do not envy evil men and do not lust to be with them.
24:2  Because they devise evil in their heart, and their lips speak evil.
24:3  A house is built by wisdom and by understanding it is entirely put in good order.
24:4  And the inner chambers are filled by knowledge with every possession, honor and delight.
24:5  The wise is better than the strong, and a man of knowledge than a mighty man of power.
24:6  War is made in provocation, and salvation in the abundance of counsel.
24:7  Wisdom casts out the fool and he does not open his mouth in the gate.
24:8  He that devises to do evil is called an evil man.
24:9  The counsel of the fool is sin; the defilement of a son of man is evil.
24:10  Affliction will drive the evil in the day of distress.
24:11  Deliver those that are being led to death and do not spare to save those that are being held to kill.
24:12  And if you say, “I did not know it”, know that God examines the thought of the heart, and he who keeps your soul knows, and rewards a son of man according to his works.
24:13  Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate.
24:14  So also you will find wisdom to your soul, and it will be the end to you, and your hope will not be cut off.
24:15  Do not plot evil in the dwelling of the righteous and do not plunder the place of his dwelling.
24:16  Because the righteous falls seven times, and he rises, and the wicked is overthrown by evil.
24:17  When your enemy has fallen, do not rejoice, and when he is overthrown, let not your heart leap for joy.
24:18  Lest Lord Jehovah see, and it is evil in his eyes, and he turn his wrath from him.
24:19  Do not emulate evil ones and do not envy the evil.
24:20  Because there is no posterity to the evil ones and the lamp of the evil will be extinguished.
24:21  Stand in awe, my son, of Lord Jehovah, and give counsel, and do not mingle with fools.
24:22  Their shipwreck comes suddenly, and who knows the end of their years?
24:23  I say these things to the wise; to accept persons in judgment is not good
24:24  Neither to say to the evil, “You are righteous”; the nations will curse such, and the peoples will revile him.
24:25  And the reprovers will be delighted, and a good blessing will come upon them.
24:26  And the lips will kiss those that reprove.
24:27  Prepare your works in the outdoors and make ready in your field, and after that build your house.
24:28  Do not be a false witness against your neighbor and do not tear him to pieces with your lips.
24:29  And do not say, “I shall do to him as he does to me and I shall pay him according to his works.”
24:30  I passed by the field of a lazy man and by the vineyard of a son of man lacking heart.
24:31  And all of that climbed up, filled with a tangle of thorns, and they covered the face of the gates.
24:32  And I saw and I set my heart, and I received instruction.
24:33  And if you slumber a little and sleep a little, and for a little you put your hand upon your chest
24:34  Poverty will walk before you, and want will overtake you like a man who is a runner.