| 24:1 | Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. | |
| 24:2 | For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. | |
| 24:3 | Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established: | |
| 24:4 | And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. | |
| 24:5 | A wise man strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength. | |
| 24:6 | For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors safety. | |
| 24:7 | Wisdom too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. | |
| 24:8 | He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. | |
| 24:9 | The thought of foolishness sin: and the scorner an abomination to men. | |
| 24:10 | thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength small. | |
| 24:11 | If thou forbearest to deliver drawn to death, and ready to be slain; | |
| 24:12 | If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider ? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth he know ? and will he render to man according to his works? | |
| 24:13 | My son, eat thou honey, because good; and the honey-comb, sweet to thy taste: | |
| 24:14 | So the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul: when thou hast found , then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. | |
| 24:15 | Lay not wait, O wicked , against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place: | |
| 24:16 | For a just falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. | |
| 24:17 | Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth: | |
| 24:18 | Lest the LORD see , and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. | |
| 24:19 | Fret not thyself because of evil , neither be thou envious at the wicked; | |
| 24:20 | For there shall be no reward to the evil ; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished. | |
| 24:21 | My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: meddle not with them that are given to change: | |
| 24:22 | For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? | |
| 24:23 | These also to the wise. not good to have respect of persons in judgment. | |
| 24:24 | He that saith to the wicked, Thou righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: | |
| 24:25 | But to them that rebuke shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. | |
| 24:26 | shall kiss lips that giveth a right answer. | |
| 24:27 | Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house. | |
| 24:28 | Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive with thy lips. | |
| 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. | |
| 24:30 | I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; | |
| 24:31 | And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. | |
| 24:32 | Then I saw, considered well: I looked upon , received instruction. | |
| 24:33 | a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: | |
| 24:34 | So shall thy poverty come one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man. | |