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Proverbs 23:12--24:22

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>_?