Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Do
not envy
wicked
men or
desire their
company;
Be
not envious
of
evil
men ,
And
desire not
to
be
with
them.
for their hearts
devise
violence
, and their lips declare
trouble
.
For destruction
doth
their heart
meditate
, And perverseness
do
their lips speak
.
By wisdom a house is
built
and by understanding it is
established;
By wisdom is
a house builded,
And by understanding it establisheth
itself.
through
knowledge its
rooms
are filled with every
precious and beautiful
treasure
.
And
by
knowledge the
inner
parts
are filled ,
`
With '
all
precious and pleasant
wealth
.
A
wise
man
is strong
, and a man of knowledge enhances
his
strength.
Mighty
`
is '
the
wise
in
strength
, And a man of knowledge is
strengthening
power,
Only
with
sound
guidance
should
you
wage
war, and victory
lies
in a multitude of counselors
.
For
by
plans
thou
makest
for
thyself
war, And deliverance
`is'
in a multitude of counsellors
.
Wisdom is too
high for a fool ;
he does
not open
his mouth in
the
meeting
place
.
Wisdom `
is '
high for a fool ,
In
the
gate
he openeth
not his mouth.
He
who
plots
evil will
be
called
a schemer
.
Whoso
is
devising
to
do
evil ,
Him
they
call
a master
of
wicked
thoughts
.
A
foolish
scheme
is sin, and a
mocker
is
detestable
to men
.
The
thought
of
folly
`
is '
sin, And an
abomination
to man
`is'
a
scorner
.
If
you
faint
in the
day of distress
, how
small
is your
strength!
Thou
hast
shewed
thyself
weak
in a
day of adversity
, Straitened
is thy
power,
Rescue
those being
led
away
to death, and restrain
those stumbling
toward
the slaughter.
If
`from'
delivering
those taken
to death, And those slipping
to
the slaughter --
thou
keepest
back
.
If
you
say
, “Behold
, we did
not know
about
this ,”
does
not He who weighs
hearts
consider
it
? Does
not
the One
who guards
your
life
know
? Will
He not
repay
a
man according to his deeds?
When
thou
sayest
, `Lo
, we knew
not this .'
Is
not the
Ponderer
of
hearts
He who understandeth
? And
the Keeper
of
thy
soul
He
who knoweth
? And
He hath
rendered
to
man according to his work.
Eat honey,
my son, for
it
is good, and the honeycomb is
sweet to your
taste
.
Eat my son, honey
that
`
is '
good, And the honeycomb --
sweet to thy
palate
.
Know
therefore
that
wisdom
is sweet
to your
soul .
If
you
find
it
, there is a future
for
you,
and your
hope will
never
be
cut off.
So
`
is '
the
knowledge
of
wisdom
to thy
soul, If
thou
hast
found
that
there is a posterity
And thy
hope is
not
cut off.
Do
not lie
in
wait, O wicked man
, near
the dwelling
of the righteous ;
do not destroy
his resting place.
Lay
not wait, O wicked one
, At
the habitation
of the righteous .
Do not spoil
his resting -
place.
For though
a
righteous
man
may
fall
seven times, he
still
gets
up;
but
the wicked stumble in bad
times
.
For seven `
times '
doth
the
righteous
fall
and
rise
, And
the wicked stumble in evil
.
Do
not
gloat
when
your
enemy falls
, and do
not
let your
heart rejoice
when
he
stumbles
,
In
the
falling
of
thine
enemy rejoice
not
, And in
his
stumbling
let not
thy
heart be
joyful
,
or
the
LORD
will
see and
disapprove
, and turn
His wrath
away
from him.
Lest
Jehovah
see, and `it
be'
evil
in
His eyes,
And
He
hath
turned
from off
him His
anger
.
Do
not
fret over
evildoers,
and
do
not be envious of
the wicked .
Fret not thyself
at
evil
doers,
Be not
envious at
the wicked ,
For the evil man
has
no
future;
the lamp of the wicked will
be
extinguished.
For there
is
not
a
posterity
to
the evil ,
The lamp of the wicked is
extinguished.
My son, fear
the
LORD
and the king, and
do
not
associate
with the
rebellious.
Fear
Jehovah,
my son, and the king, With changers
mix
not
up
thyself,
For they
will
bring
sudden
destruction.
Who
knows
what
ruin they
can
bring?
For suddenly
doth
their
calamity
rise,
And
the
ruin of
them
both
--
who
knoweth!
These also are sayings
of
the wise: To show
partiality
in judgment is not good.
These also are for
the wise: --
To discern
faces
in judgment is not good.
Whoever
tells
the guilty
, “You
are
innocent”—
peoples will
curse
him ,
and
nations will
denounce
him ;
Whoso
is
saying
to
the wicked
, `Thou
`art'
righteous,'
Peoples execrate
him --
nations abhor
him .
but
it
will
go
well
with
those who
convict
the
guilty
, and rich
blessing
will
come
upon
them.
And
to
those reproving
it
is
pleasant
, And on
them cometh
a
good
blessing
.
An
honest
answer
given
is
like
a
kiss
on
the
lips.
Lips he
kisseth
who
is
returning
straightforward
words
.
Complete
your
outdoor
work and prepare
your
field ;
after
that
, you
may
build
your
house.
Prepare
in
an
out-place
thy
work ,
And make
it
ready
in
the
field --
go
afterwards
, Then
thou
hast
built
thy
house.
Do
not testify
against your
neighbor
without
cause
, and
do
not
deceive
with your
lips.
Be
not a
witness
for
nought
against thy
neighbour
, Or
thou
hast
enticed
with thy
lips.
Do
not
say, “I
will
do
to
him
as he has
done
to me ;
I will
repay
the
man
according to his work. ”
Say not
, `
As he did
to me ,
so
I do
to
him,
I
render
to
each
according to his work. '
I
went
past
the field of a slacker
and
by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment
.
Near
the field of a slothful
man
I
passed
by ,
And
near
the vineyard of a man lacking heart
.
Thorns
had
grown
up
everywhere
, thistles
had
covered the
ground
, and the
stone wall was
broken down.
And
lo
, it
hath
gone
up
--
all
of
it
--
thorns!
Covered its
face
have
nettles
, And its
stone wall hath
been
broken down.
I
observed
and took
it
to
heart ;
I looked
and
received instruction :
And I
see
--
I
--
I
do
set
my
heart ,
I have
seen
--
I
have
received instruction ,
A little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
A little sleep --
a little slumber --
A little folding of the hands to lie
down.
and poverty will
come upon
you
like
a robber
, and need
like
a
bandit.
And thy
poverty hath
come `as'
a traveller
, And thy
want
as
an
armed
man!
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