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Proverbs 22:17--24:34

22:17

Bow down
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>_,

and apply
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

unto my knowledge
<01847>_.

22:18

For [it is] a pleasant thing
<05273>

if thou keep
<08104> (8799)

them within
<0990>

thee; they shall withal
<03162>

be fitted
<03559> (8735)

in thy lips
<08193>_.

{within...: Heb. in thy belly}

22:19

That thy trust
<04009>

may be in the LORD
<03068>_,

I have made known
<03045> (8689)

to thee this day
<03117>_,

even to thee. {even...: or, trust thou also}

22:20

Have not I written
<03789> (8804)

to thee
<08032>

excellent things
<07991>

in counsels
<04156>

and knowledge
<01847>_,

22:21

That I might make thee know
<03045> (8687)

the certainty
<07189>

of the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>_;

that thou mightest answer
<07725> (8687)

the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>

to them that send
<07971> (8802)

unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}

22:22

Rob
<01497> (8799)

not the poor
<01800>_,

because he [is] poor
<01800>_:

neither oppress
<01792> (8762)

the afflicted
<06041>

in the gate
<08179>_:

22:23

For the LORD
<03068>

will plead
<07378> (8799)

their cause
<07379>_,

and spoil
<06906> (8804)

the soul
<05315>

of those that spoiled
<06906> (8802)

them.

22:24

Make no friendship
<07462> (8691)

with an angry
<0639>

man
<01167>_;

and with a furious
<02534>

man
<0376>

thou shalt not go
<0935> (8799)_:

22:25

Lest thou learn
<0502> (8799)

his ways
<0734>_,

and get
<03947> (8804)

a snare
<04170>

to thy soul
<05315>_.

22:26

Be not thou [one] of them that strike
<08628> (8802)

hands
<03709>_,

[or] of them that are sureties
<06148> (8802)

for debts
<04859>_.

22:27

If thou hast nothing to pay
<07999> (8763)_,

why should he take away
<03947> (8799)

thy bed
<04904>

from under thee?

22:28

Remove
<05253> (8686)

not the ancient
<05769>

landmark
<01366>_,

which thy fathers
<01>

have set
<06213> (8804)_.

{landmark: or, bound}

22:29

Seest
<02372> (8804)

thou a man
<0376>

diligent
<04106>

in his business
<04399>_?

he shall stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

kings
<04428>_;

he shall not stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

mean
<02823>

[men]. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}

23:1

When thou sittest
<03427> (8799)

to eat
<03898> (8800)

with a ruler
<04910> (8802)_,

consider
<0995> (8799)

diligently
<0995> (8800)

what [is] before
<06440>

thee:

23:2

And put
<07760> (8804)

a knife
<07915>

to thy throat
<03930>_,

if thou [be] a man given
<01167>

to appetite
<05315>_.

23:3

Be not desirous
<0183> (8691)

of his dainties
<04303>_:

for they [are] deceitful
<03577>

meat
<03899>_.

23:4

Labour
<03021> (8799)

not to be rich
<06238> (8687)_:

cease
<02308> (8798)

from thine own wisdom
<0998>_.

23:5

Wilt thou set
<05774> (8686) (8675) <05774> (8799)

thine eyes
<05869>

upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly
<06213> (8800)

make
<06213> (8799)

themselves wings
<03671>_;

they fly away
<05774> (8799) (8675) <05774> (8687)

as an eagle
<05404>

toward heaven
<08064>_.

{set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}

23:6

Eat
<03898> (8799)

thou not the bread
<03899>

of [him that hath] an evil
<07451>

eye
<05869>_,

neither desire
<0183> (8691)

thou his dainty meats
<04303>_:

23:7

For as he thinketh
<08176> (8804)

in his heart
<05315>_,

so [is] he: Eat
<0398> (8798)

and drink
<08354> (8798)_,

saith
<0559> (8799)

he to thee; but his heart
<03820>

[is] not with thee.

23:8

The morsel
<06595>

[which] thou hast eaten
<0398> (8804)

shalt thou vomit up
<06958> (8686)_,

and lose
<07843> (8765)

thy sweet
<05273>

words
<01697>_.

23:9

Speak
<01696> (8762)

not in the ears
<0241>

of a fool
<03684>_:

for he will despise
<0936> (8799)

the wisdom
<07922>

of thy words
<04405>_.

23:10

Remove
<05253> (8686)

not the old
<05769>

landmark
<01366>_;

and enter
<0935> (8799)

not into the fields
<07704>

of the fatherless
<03490>_:

{landmark: or, bound}

23:11

For their redeemer
<01350> (8802)

[is] mighty
<02389>_;

he shall plead
<07378> (8799)

their cause
<07379>

with thee.

23:12

Apply
<0935> (8685)

thine heart
<03820>

unto instruction
<04148>_,

and thine ears
<0241>

to the words
<0561>

of knowledge
<01847>_.

23:13

Withhold
<04513> (8799)

not correction
<04148>

from the child
<05288>_:

for [if] thou beatest
<05221> (8686)

him with the rod
<07626>_,

he shall not die
<04191> (8799)_.

23:14

Thou shalt beat
<05221> (8686)

him with the rod
<07626>_,

and shalt deliver
<05337> (8686)

his soul
<05315>

from hell
<07585>_.

23:15

My son
<01121>_,

if thine heart
<03820>

be wise
<02449> (8804)_,

my heart
<03820>

shall rejoice
<08055> (8799)_,

even mine
<0589>_.

{even...: or, even I will rejoice}

23:16

Yea, my reins
<03629>

shall rejoice
<05937> (8799)_,

when thy lips
<08193>

speak
<01696> (8763)

right things
<04339>_.

23:17

Let not thine heart
<03820>

envy
<07065> (8762)

sinners
<02400>_:

but [be thou] in the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

all the day
<03117>

long.

23:18

For surely there is
<03426>

an end
<0319>_;

and thine expectation
<08615>

shall not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_.

{end: or, reward}

23:19

Hear
<08085> (8798)

thou, my son
<01121>_,

and be wise
<02449> (8798)_,

and guide
<0833> (8761)

thine heart
<03820>

in the way
<01870>_.

23:20

Be not among winebibbers
<03196> <05433> (8802)_;

among riotous eaters
<02151> (8802)

of flesh
<01320>_:

{of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}

23:21

For the drunkard
<05433> (8802)

and the glutton
<02151> (8802)

shall come to poverty
<03423> (8735)_:

and drowsiness
<05124>

shall clothe
<03847> (8686)

[a man] with rags
<07168>_.

23:22

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto thy father
<01>

that begat
<03205> (8804)

thee, and despise
<0936> (8799)

not thy mother
<0517>

when she is old
<02204> (8804)_.

23:23

Buy
<07069> (8798)

the truth
<0571>_,

and sell
<04376> (8799)

[it] not; [also] wisdom
<02451>_,

and instruction
<04148>_,

and understanding
<0998>_.

23:24

The father
<01>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall greatly
<01524>

rejoice
<01523> (8799)_:

and he that begetteth
<03205> (8802)

a wise
<02450>

[child] shall have joy
<08055> (8799)

of him.

23:25

Thy father
<01>

and thy mother
<0517>

shall be glad
<08055> (8799)_,

and she that bare
<03205> (8802)

thee shall rejoice
<01523> (8799)_.

23:26

My son
<01121>_,

give
<05414> (8798)

me thine heart
<03820>_,

and let thine eyes
<05869>

observe
<07521> (8799) <05341> (8799)

my ways
<01870>_.

23:27

For a whore
<02181> (8802)

[is] a deep
<06013>

ditch
<07745>_;

and a strange woman
<05237>

[is] a narrow
<06862>

pit
<0875>_.

23:28

She also lieth in wait
<0693> (8799)

as [for] a prey
<02863>_,

and increaseth
<03254> (8686)

the transgressors
<0898> (8802)

among men
<0120>_.

{as for...: or, as a robber}

23:29

Who hath woe
<0188>_?

who hath sorrow
<017>_?

who hath contentions
<04079> (8675) <04066>_?

who hath babbling
<07879>_?

who hath wounds
<06482>

without cause
<02600>_?

who hath redness
<02448>

of eyes
<05869>_?

23:30

They that tarry long
<0309> (8764)

at the wine
<03196>_;

they that go
<0935> (8802)

to seek
<02713> (8800)

mixed wine
<04469>_.

23:31

Look
<07200> (8799)

not thou upon the wine
<03196>

when it is red
<0119> (8691)_,

when it giveth
<05414> (8799)

his colour
<05869>

in the cup
<03563> (8675) <03599>_,

[when] it moveth
<01980> (8691)

itself aright
<04339>_.

23:32

At the last
<0319>

it biteth
<05391> (8799)

like a serpent
<05175>_,

and stingeth
<06567> (8686)

like an adder
<06848>_.

{an...: or, a cockatrice}

23:33

Thine eyes
<05869>

shall behold
<07200> (8799)

strange women
<02114> (8801)_,

and thine heart
<03820>

shall utter
<01696> (8762)

perverse things
<08419>_.

23:34

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
<07901> (8802)

in the midst
<03820>

of the sea
<03220>_,

or as he that lieth
<07901> (8802)

upon the top
<07218>

of a mast
<02260>_.

{the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea}

23:35

They have stricken
<05221> (8689)

me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick
<02470> (8804)_;

they have beaten
<01986> (8804)

me, [and] I felt
<03045> (8804)

[it] not: when shall I awake
<06974> (8686)_?

I will seek
<01245> (8762)

it yet
<03254> (8686)

again. {I felt...: Heb. I knew it not}

24:1

Be not thou envious
<07065> (8762)

against evil
<07451>

men
<0582>_,

neither desire
<0183> (8691)

to be with them.

24:2

For their heart
<03820>

studieth
<01897> (8799)

destruction
<07701>_,

and their lips
<08193>

talk
<01696> (8762)

of mischief
<05999>_.

24:3

Through wisdom
<02451>

is an house
<01004>

builded
<01129> (8735)_;

and by understanding
<08394>

it is established
<03559> (8709)_:

24:4

And by knowledge
<01847>

shall the chambers
<02315>

be filled
<04390> (8735)

with all precious
<03368>

and pleasant
<05273>

riches
<01952>_.

24:5

A wise
<02450>

man
<01397>

[is] strong
<05797>_;

yea, a man
<0376>

of knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<0553> (8764)

strength
<03581>_.

{is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}

24:6

For by wise counsel
<08458>

thou shalt make
<06213> (8799)

thy war
<04421>_:

and in multitude
<07230>

of counsellors
<03289> (8802)

[there is] safety
<08668>_.

24:7

Wisdom
<02454>

[is] too high
<07311> (8802)

for a fool
<0191>_:

he openeth
<06605> (8799)

not his mouth
<06310>

in the gate
<08179>_.

24:8

He that deviseth
<02803> (8764)

to do evil
<07489> (8687)

shall be called
<07121> (8799)

a mischievous
<04209>

person
<01167>_.

24:9

The thought
<02154>

of foolishness
<0200>

[is] sin
<02403>_:

and the scorner
<03887> (8801)

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to men
<0120>_.

24:10

[If] thou faint
<07503> (8694)

in the day
<03117>

of adversity
<06869>_,

thy strength
<03581>

[is] small
<06862>_.

{small: Heb. narrow}

24:11

If thou forbear
<02820> (8799)

to deliver
<05337> (8685)

[them that are] drawn
<03947> (8803)

unto death
<04194>_,

and [those that are] ready
<04131> (8801)

to be slain
<02027>_;

24:12

If thou sayest
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, we knew
<03045> (8804)

it not; doth not he that pondereth
<08505> (8802)

the heart
<03826>

consider
<0995> (8799)

[it]? and he that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

thy soul
<05315>_,

doth [not] he know
<03045> (8799)

[it]? and shall [not] he render
<07725> (8689)

to [every] man
<0120>

according to his works
<06467>_?

24:13

My son
<01121>_,

eat
<0398> (8798)

thou honey
<01706>_,

because [it is] good
<02896>_;

and the honeycomb
<05317>_,

[which is] sweet
<04966>

to thy taste
<02441>_:

{to...: Heb. upon thy palate}

24:14

So [shall] the knowledge
<03045> (8798)

of wisdom
<02451>

[be] unto thy soul
<05315>_:

when thou hast found
<04672> (8804)

[it], then there shall be
<03426>

a reward
<0319>_,

and thy expectation
<08615>

shall not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_.

24:15

Lay not wait
<0693> (8799)_,

O wicked
<07563>

[man], against the dwelling
<05116>

of the righteous
<06662>_;

spoil
<07703> (8762)

not his resting place
<07258>_:

24:16

For a just
<06662>

[man] falleth
<05307> (8799)

seven times
<07651>_,

and riseth up again
<06965> (8804)_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall fall
<03782> (8735)

into mischief
<07451>_.

24:17

Rejoice
<08055> (8799)

not when thine enemy
<0341> (8802)

falleth
<05307> (8800)_,

and let not thine heart
<03820>

be glad
<01523> (8799)

when he stumbleth
<03782> (8736)_:

24:18

Lest the LORD
<03068>

see
<07200> (8799)

[it], and it displease
<07489> (8804) <05869>

him, and he turn away
<07725> (8689)

his wrath
<0639>

from him. {it displeaseth...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes}

24:19

Fret
<02734> (8691)

not thyself because of evil
<07489> (8688)

[men], neither be thou envious
<07065> (8762)

at the wicked
<07563>_;

{Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}

24:20

For there shall be no reward
<0319>

to the evil
<07451>

[man]; the candle
<05216>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)_.

{candle: or, lamp}

24:21

My son
<01121>_,

fear
<03372> (8798)

thou the LORD
<03068>

and the king
<04428>_:

[and] meddle
<06148> (8691)

not with them that are given to change
<08138> (8802)_:

{them...: Heb. changers}

24:22

For their calamity
<0343>

shall rise
<06965> (8799)

suddenly
<06597>_;

and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

the ruin
<06365>

of them both
<08147>_?

24:23

These [things] also [belong] to the wise
<02450>_.

[It is] not good
<02896>

to have respect
<05234> (8687)

of persons
<06440>

in judgment
<04941>_.

24:24

He that saith
<0559> (8802)

unto the wicked
<07563>_,

Thou [art] righteous
<06662>_;

him shall the people
<05971>

curse
<05344> (8799)_,

nations
<03816>

shall abhor
<02194> (8799)

him:

24:25

But to them that rebuke
<03198> (8688)

[him] shall be delight
<05276> (8799)_,

and a good
<02896>

blessing
<01293>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon them. {a good...: Heb. a blessing of good}

24:26

[Every man] shall kiss
<05401> (8799)

[his] lips
<08193>

that giveth
<07725> (8688)

a right
<05228>

answer
<01697>_.

{that...: Heb. that answereth right words}

24:27

Prepare
<03559> (8685)

thy work
<04399>

without
<02351>_,

and make it fit
<06257> (8761)

for thyself in the field
<07704>_;

and afterwards
<0310>

build
<01129> (8804)

thine house
<01004>_.

24:28

Be not a witness
<05707>

against thy neighbour
<07453>

without cause
<02600>_;

and deceive
<06601> (8765)

[not] with thy lips
<08193>_.

24:29

Say
<0559> (8799)

not, I will do
<06213> (8799)

so to him as he hath done
<06213> (8804)

to me: I will render
<07725> (8686)

to the man
<0376>

according to his work
<06467>_.

24:30

I went
<05674> (8804)

by the field
<07704>

of the slothful
<0376> <06102>_,

and by the vineyard
<03754>

of the man
<0120>

void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_;

24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over
<05927> (8804)

with thorns
<07063>_,

[and] nettles
<02738>

had covered
<03680> (8795)

the face
<06440>

thereof, and the stone
<068>

wall
<01444>

thereof was broken down
<02040> (8738)_.

24:32

Then I saw
<02372> (8799)_,

[and] considered [it] well
<07896> (8799) <03820>_:

I looked
<07200> (8804)

upon [it, and] received
<03947> (8804)

instruction
<04148>_.

{considered...: Heb. set my heart}

24:33

[Yet] a little
<04592>

sleep
<08142>_,

a little
<04592>

slumber
<08572>_,

a little
<04592>

folding
<02264>

of the hands
<03027>

to sleep
<07901> (8800)_:

24:34

So shall thy poverty
<07389>

come
<0935> (8804)

[as] one that travelleth
<01980> (8693)_;

and thy want
<04270>

as an armed
<04043>

man
<0376>_.

{an...: Heb. a man of shield}