# Proverbs 24

> Lumin Translation

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/24

Lumin’s own translation, drafted with AI from the Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, checked verse by verse against them, and approved by Lumin. Brackets mark verses not found in the earliest manuscripts.

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1. Do not envy evil people, and do not long to be with them,
2. for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.
3. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is made firm;
4. by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasant wealth.
5. A wise person is full of strength, and a person of knowledge grows in power,
6. for with wise guidance you wage your war, and victory comes through many advisers.
7. Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
8. Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer.
9. The scheming of folly is sin, and a mocker is detestable to people.
10. If you lose heart in the day of trouble, your strength is small.
11. Rescue those being taken away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.
12. If you say, “Look, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs hearts understand? Does not he who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?
13. My son, eat honey, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14. Know that wisdom is like this for your soul; if you find it, there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
15. Do not lie in wait, you wicked person, against the home of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place,
16. for a righteous person falls seven times and gets up again, but the wicked stumble into disaster.
17. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18. or Yahweh will see it and be displeased, and turn his anger away from him.
19. Do not fret because of evildoers, and do not envy the wicked,
20. for the evil person has no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.
21. My son, fear Yahweh and the king; do not get involved with those who are given to change,
22. for disaster will rise against them suddenly, and who knows the ruin the two of them can bring?
23. These also are sayings of the wise: Showing partiality in judgment is not good.
24. Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” peoples will curse him and nations will denounce him.
25. But it will go well with those who rebuke the wicked, and a rich blessing will come on them.
26. Whoever gives an honest answer gives a kiss on the lips.
27. Prepare your work outside and get your field ready; after that, build your house.
28. Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or deceive with your lips.
29. Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay him back for what he did.”
30. I passed by the field of a lazy person, by the vineyard of someone lacking sense.
31. There were thorns growing up all over it, weeds covered the ground, and its stone wall was broken down.
32. I looked and took it to heart; I saw and learned a lesson.
33. A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34. and your poverty will come on you like a prowler, and your need like an armed man.

## Nearby chapters

[Proverbs 23](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/23.md)
[Proverbs 25](https://www.lumin.faith/read/proverbs/25.md)

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