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\c 24
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\v 1 Do not be envious of those who are evil,
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\q nor desire to associate with them,
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\v 2 because their hearts plot violence,
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\q and their lips talk about trouble.
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\q
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\v 3 Through wisdom a house is built
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\q and by understanding it is established.
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\v 4 By knowledge the rooms are filled
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\q with all precious and pleasant riches.
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\v 5 A wise man proves to be strong,
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\q and a person who has knowledge is better than one who is strong,
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\v 6 for by wise directions you can wage your war,
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\q and with many advisors there is victory.
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\v 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool;
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\q in the gate he does not open his mouth.
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\v 8 There is one who plans to do evil—
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\q people call him a master of schemes.
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\v 9 A foolish plan is sin,
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\q and men despise a mocker.
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\v 10 If you show your cowardice in the day of trouble,
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\q then your strength is small.
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\v 11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death,
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\q and hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter.
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\v 12 If you say, "There! We knew nothing about this."
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\q Does not the One who weighs the heart understand what you are saying?
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\q And the One who guards your life, does he not know it?
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\q And will God not give to each one what he deserves?
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\v 13 My son, eat honey because it is good,
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\q because the drippings of honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
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\v 14 Such is wisdom for your soul—
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\q if you find it, there will be a future
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\q and your hope will not be cut off.
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\v 15 Do not lie in wait like wicked people
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\q who attack the house of those who do right.
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\q Do not destroy his home!
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\v 16 For if a man who does right falls down seven times,
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\q he will rise up again,
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\q but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
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\v 17 Do not celebrate when your enemy falls,
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\q and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
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\v 18 or Yahweh will see and disapprove
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\q and turn away his wrath from him.
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\v 19 Do not worry because of those who do evil things,
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\q and do not envy wicked people,
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\v 20 for the evil person has no future,
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\q and the lamp of the wicked will go out.
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\v 21 Fear Yahweh, and fear the king, my son;
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\q do not associate with those who rebel against them,
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\v 22 for suddenly their disaster will come
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\q and who knows the extent of the destruction that will come from both of them?
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\p
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\v 23 These also are sayings of the wise.
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\q Partiality in judging a case at law is not good.
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\v 24 Whoever says to the guilty, "You are in the right,"
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\q will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.
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\v 25 But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,
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\q and gifts of goodness will come to them.
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\v 26 The one who gives an honest answer
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\q gives a kiss on the lips.
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\v 27 Prepare your outdoor work,
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\q and make everything ready for yourself in the field;
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\q after that, build your house.
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\v 28 Do not bear witness against your neighbor without cause,
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\q and do not deceive with your lips.
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\v 29 Do not say, "I will do to him what he has done to me;
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\q I will pay him back for what he has done."
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\v 30 I went by the field of a lazy man,
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\q past the vineyard of the man having no sense.
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\v 31 Thorns had grown up everywhere,
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\q the ground was covered with nettles,
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\q and its stone wall was broken down.
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\v 32 Then I saw and considered it;
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\q I looked and received instruction.
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\v 33 A little sleep, a little slumber,
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\q a little folding of the hands to rest—
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\v 34 and poverty comes upon you like a robber,
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\q and your needs will come to you like an armed soldier.
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