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  24:1 ¶
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: |
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24:1 ¶
Be not°
thou envious°°
against evil°
men,°°
neither°
desire°°
to be°
with°
them. |
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24:2
For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief. |
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24:2
For°
their heart°
studieth°°
destruction,°
and their lips°
talk°°
of mischief.° |
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24:3
Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; |
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24:3
Through wisdom°
is an house°
builded;°°
and by understanding°
it is established:°° |
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24:4
And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. |
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24:4
And by knowledge°
shall the chambers°
be filled°°
with all°
precious°
and pleasant°
riches.° |
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24:5
A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might. |
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24:5
A wise°
man°
[is] strong;°
yea, a man°
of knowledge°
increaseth°°
strength.° |
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24:6
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
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24:6
For°
by wise counsel°
thou shalt make°°
thy war:°
and in multitude°
of counsellors°°
[there is] safety.° |
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24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate. |
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24:7
Wisdom°
[is] too high°°
for a fool:°
he openeth°°
not°
his mouth°
in the gate.° |
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24:8
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker. |
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24:8
He that deviseth°°
to do evil°°
shall be called°°
a mischievous°
person.° |
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24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men. |
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24:9
The thought°
of foolishness°
[is] sin:°
and the scorner°°
[is] an abomination°
to men.° |
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24:10
If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small. |
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24:10
[If] thou faint°°
in the day°
of adversity,°
thy strength°
[is] small.° |
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24:11
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back. |
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24:11
If°
thou forbear°°
to deliver°°
[them that are] drawn°°
unto death,°
and [those that are] ready°°
to be slain;° |
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24:12
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work? |
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24:12
If°
thou sayest,°°
Behold,°
we knew°°
it°
not;°
doth not°
he that pondereth°°
the heart°°
consider°°
[it]? and he that keepeth°°
thy soul,°
doth [not] he°
know°°
[it]? and shall [not] he render°°
to [every] man°
according to his works?° |
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24:13
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: |
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24:13
My son,°
eat°°
thou honey,°
because°
[it is] good;°
and the honeycomb,°
[which is] sweet°
to°
thy taste:° |
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24:14
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. |
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24:14
So°
[shall] the knowledge°°
of wisdom°
[be] unto thy soul:°
when°
thou hast found°°
[it], then there shall be°
a reward,°
and thy expectation°
shall not°
be cut off.°° |
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24:15
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: |
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24:15
Lay not wait,°°°
O wicked°
[man], against the dwelling°
of the righteous;°
spoil°°
not°
his resting place:° |
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24:16
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. |
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24:16
For°
a just°
[man] falleth°°
seven°
times,°
and riseth up again:°°
but the wicked°
shall fall°°
into mischief.° |
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24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; |
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24:17
Rejoice°°
not°
when thine enemy°°
falleth,°°
and let not°
thine heart°
be glad°°
when he stumbleth:°° |
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24:18
Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. |
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24:18
Lest°
the LORD°
see°°
[it], and it displease°°°
him, and he turn away°°
his wrath°
from°°
him. |
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24:19
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: |
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24:19
Fret°°
not thyself°°
because of evil°°
[men], neither°
be thou envious°°
at the wicked;° |
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24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
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24:20
For°
there shall be°
no°
reward°
to the evil°
[man]; the candle°
of the wicked°
shall be put out.°° |
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24:21
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change: |
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24:21
My son,°
fear°°
thou°
the LORD°
and the king:°
[and] meddle°°
not°
with°
them that are given to change:°° |
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24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; And the destruction from them both, who knoweth it? |
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24:22
For°
their calamity°
shall rise°°
suddenly;°
and who°
knoweth°°
the ruin°
of them both?° |
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24:23
These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. |
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24:23
These°
[things] also°
[belong] to the wise.°
[It is] not°
good°
to have respect°°
of persons°
in judgment.° |
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24:24
He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him: |
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24:24
He that saith°°
unto the wicked,°
Thou°
[art] righteous;°
him shall the people°
curse,°°
nations°
shall abhor°°
him: |
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24:25
But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, And a good blessing shall come upon them. |
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24:25
But to them that rebuke°°
[him] shall be delight,°°
and a good°
blessing°
shall come°°
upon°
them. |
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24:26
He kisseth the lips Who giveth a right answer. |
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24:26
[Every man] shall kiss°°
[his] lips°
that giveth°°
a right°
answer.° |
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24:27
Prepare thy work without, And make it ready for thee in the field; And afterwards build thy house. |
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24:27
Prepare°°
thy work°
without,°
and make it fit°°
for thyself in the field;°
and afterwards°
build°°
thine house.° |
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24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips. |
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24:28
Be°
not°
a witness°
against thy neighbour°
without cause;°
and deceive°°
[not] with thy lips.° |
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24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. |
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24:29
Say°°
not,°
I will do°°
so°
to him as°
he hath done°°
to me: I will render°°
to the man°
according to his work.° |
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24:30
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; |
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24:30
I went°°
by°
the field°
of the slothful,°°
and by°
the vineyard°
of the man°
void°
of understanding;° |
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24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. |
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24:31
And, lo,°
it was all°
grown over°°
with thorns,°
[and] nettles°
had covered°°
the face°
thereof, and the stone°
wall°
thereof was broken down.°° |
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24:32
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: |
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24:32
Then I°
saw,°°
[and] considered [it] well:°°°
I looked°°
upon [it, and] received°°
instruction.° |
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24:33
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; |
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24:33
[Yet] a little°
sleep,°
a little°
slumber,°
a little°
folding°
of the hands°
to sleep:°° |
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24:34
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man. |
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24:34
So shall thy poverty°
come°°
[as] one that travelleth;°°
and thy want°
as an armed°
man.° |
