Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Be not thou
envious against
evil men, neither
desire to be with them.
Be not envious of
evil men, And
desire not
to be with them.
For their heart studieth
destruction
, and their lips talk
of
mischief
.
For destruction
doth
their heart meditate
, And perverseness
do
their lips speak
.
Through
wisdom is an
house builded ;
and by understanding it is
established:
By
wisdom is a
house builded ,
And by understanding it establisheth
itself.
And by knowledge shall
the chambers
be
filled with all precious and pleasant riches
.
And by knowledge the inner
parts
are
filled ,
`
With '
all precious and pleasant wealth
.
A
wise
man
is strong;
yea
, a man of knowledge increaseth
strength.
Mighty
`
is '
the
wise
in
strength
, And
a man of knowledge is
strengthening
power,
For by wise
counsel
thou shalt
make
thy
war :
and in multitude of counsellors there
is
safety
.
For by plans
thou makest
for
thyself
war ,
And deliverance
`is'
in a
multitude of counsellors.
Wisdom is too
high for a fool :
he openeth not his mouth in
the
gate
.
Wisdom `
is '
high for a fool ,
In
the
gate
he openeth not his mouth.
He
that
deviseth
to do evil shall
be
called
a mischievous
person
.
Whoso
is
devising
to do evil ,
Him
they
call
a master
of
wicked
thoughts
.
The thought of foolishness
is sin :
and the
scorner
is
an abomination to men
.
The thought of folly
`
is '
sin ,
And an abomination to man
`is'
a
scorner
.
If
thou faint
in the
day of adversity, thy
strength
is small.
Thou hast
shewed
thyself
weak
in a
day of adversity, Straitened
is thy
power,
If thou
forbear
to deliver
them
that
are
drawn
unto
death, and those that
are
ready
to be
slain;
If `from'
delivering
those
taken
to death, And those slipping
to the
slaughter
--
thou
keepest
back.
If
thou sayest, Behold
, we knew it
not ;
doth
not he
that
pondereth
the heart
consider
it
? and he
that
keepeth
thy soul ,
doth
not
he know
it
? and shall
not
he render
to every
man according to his works?
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.
My son, eat
thou
honey ,
because
it
is good ;
and the honeycomb ,
which
is
sweet to thy taste:
Eat
my son, honey that
`
is '
good ,
And the honeycomb --
sweet to thy palate.
So shall
the knowledge of wisdom be
unto
thy soul :
when
thou hast found it,
then
there shall
be
a reward,
and thy expectation
shall
not 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.
Lay not wait, O wicked man
, against
the dwelling
of the righteous ;
spoil
not his resting place :
Lay not wait, O wicked one
, At
the habitation
of the righteous .
Do
not spoil
his resting -
place .
For a
just
man
falleth
seven times, and riseth
up
again:
but
the wicked shall
fall
into
mischief
.
For seven `
times '
doth
the
righteous
fall
and
rise
, And the wicked stumble
in
evil
.
Rejoice
not
when
thine enemy falleth
, and let not thine
heart be glad
when
he
stumbleth:
In
the
falling
of
thine enemy rejoice
not
, And in
his
stumbling
let not thy
heart be joyful,
Lest the
LORD
see it
, and it displease
him
, and he turn
away
his
wrath
from him.
Lest Jehovah
see, and `
it be'
evil
in
His
eyes
, And He hath
turned
from off
him His
anger
.
Fret not thyself because
of
evil men
, neither
be thou
envious at the wicked :
Fret not thyself at
evil doers
, Be not
envious at the wicked ,
For there shall
be
no
reward
to the evil man;
the candle
of the wicked shall
be
put
out
.
For there is
not
a
posterity
to the evil ,
The lamp
of the wicked is
extinguished
.
My son, fear
thou
the
LORD
and the king :
and
meddle
not
with them
that
are
given
to
change:
Fear
Jehovah,
my son, and the king ,
With changers
mix
not
up
thyself,
For their calamity shall
rise suddenly;
and who
knoweth
the ruin of them both ?
For suddenly
doth
their calamity rise ,
And the ruin of them both --
who
knoweth!
These things
also belong
to
the wise .
It
is
not
good
to have
respect
of
persons
in judgment.
These also are
for
the wise :
--
To discern
faces
in judgment is
not
good
.
He
that
saith
unto
the wicked, Thou are
righteous ;
him
shall
the
people
curse
, nations shall
abhor him :
Whoso
is
saying
to
the wicked, `
Thou `art'
righteous, '
Peoples
execrate
him
--
nations abhor him .
But
to them
that
rebuke
him
shall
be
delight
, and a good blessing shall
come
upon
them
.
And
to those
reproving
it
is
pleasant
, And on
them
cometh
a good blessing.
Every
man
shall
kiss
his
lips that
giveth
a
right
answer
.
Lips he
kisseth
who
is
returning
straightforward
words
.
Prepare thy work without
, and make it fit
for
thyself
in the field ;
and
afterwards build
thine
house.
Prepare in
an
out-place
thy work, And make it ready
in the field --
go
afterwards ,
Then
thou
hast
built
thy
house.
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without
cause;
and
deceive
not
with thy lips.
Be not a witness for
nought
against thy neighbour ,
Or
thou
hast
enticed
with thy lips.
Say not, I
will
do
so
to
him
as he hath
done
to me :
I will
render to 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
by
the field of the
slothful, and by
the vineyard of the
man void
of
understanding;
Near
the field of a
slothful man
I
passed
by
, And near
the vineyard of a
man lacking
heart.
And ,
lo, it was
all grown
over
with
thorns ,
and
nettles
had
covered the
face thereof
, and the
stone wall thereof
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.
Then
I
saw,
and considered
it
well:
I looked
upon
it
, and
received instruction .
And I see
--
I
--
I
do
set
my
heart
, I
have
seen
--
I
have
received instruction ,
Yet
a little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little sleep --
a little slumber --
A little folding of the hands to lie
down.
So
shall
thy poverty come as one
that
travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man .
And
thy poverty hath
come `
as '
a
traveller,
And thy want as an armed man !
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