Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
Be
not envious
of
evil
men ,
And
desire not
to
be
with
them.
Do
not envy
wicked
men or
desire their
company;
For destruction
doth
their heart
meditate
, And perverseness
do
their lips speak
.
for their hearts
devise
violence
, and their lips declare
trouble
.
By wisdom is
a house builded,
And by understanding it establisheth
itself.
By wisdom a house is
built
and by understanding it is
established;
And
by
knowledge the
inner
parts
are filled ,
`
With '
all
precious and pleasant
wealth
.
through
knowledge its
rooms
are filled with every
precious and beautiful
treasure
.
Mighty
`is'
the
wise in
strength
, And a man of knowledge is
strengthening
power,
A
wise man
is
strong
, and a man of knowledge enhances
his
strength.
For
by
plans
thou
makest
for
thyself
war, And deliverance
`is'
in a multitude of counsellors
.
Only
with
sound
guidance
should
you
wage
war, and victory
lies
in a multitude of counselors
.
Wisdom `
is '
high for a fool ,
In
the
gate
he openeth
not his mouth.
Wisdom is too
high for a fool ;
he does
not open
his mouth in
the
meeting
place
.
Whoso
is
devising
to
do
evil ,
Him
they
call
a master
of
wicked
thoughts
.
He
who
plots
evil will
be
called
a schemer
.
The
thought
of
folly
`
is '
sin, And an
abomination
to
man
`is'
a scorner
.
A
foolish
scheme
is sin, and a mocker
is
detestable
to
men
.
Thou
hast
shewed
thyself
weak
in a
day of adversity
, Straitened
is thy
power,
If
you
faint
in the
day of distress
, how
small
is your
strength!
If
`from'
delivering
those taken
to death, And those slipping
to
the slaughter --
thou
keepest
back
.
Rescue
those being
led
away
to death, and restrain
those stumbling
toward
the slaughter.
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.
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?
Eat my son, honey
that
`
is '
good, And the honeycomb --
sweet to thy
palate
.
Eat honey,
my son, for
it
is good, and the honeycomb is
sweet to your
taste
.
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.
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.
Lay
not wait, O wicked one
, At
the habitation
of the righteous .
Do not spoil
his resting -
place.
Do
not lie
in
wait, O wicked man
, near
the dwelling
of the righteous ;
do not destroy
his resting place.
For seven
`times'
doth
the
righteous fall and
rise
, And
the wicked stumble in evil
.
For though
a
righteous man
may
fall seven
times
, he
still
gets
up;
but
the wicked stumble in bad
times
.
In
the
falling
of
thine
enemy
rejoice
not, And in
his
stumbling
let
not thy
heart be
joyful
,
Do
not gloat
when
your
enemy
falls
, and do
not let
your
heart rejoice
when
he
stumbles
,
Lest
Jehovah
see ,
and `it
be'
evil
in
His
eyes
, And He
hath
turned
from off
him His
anger
.
or
the
LORD
will
see and disapprove
, and turn
His
wrath
away
from him.
Fret
not thyself
at
evil
doers
, Be
not envious at
the wicked ,
Do
not fret
over
evildoers
, and
do
not be
envious of
the wicked .
For there
is
not
a
posterity
to
the evil ,
The lamp of the wicked is
extinguished.
For the evil man
has
no
future;
the lamp of the wicked will
be
extinguished.
Fear
Jehovah,
my son, and the king, With
changers
mix
not up
thyself,
My son, fear
the
LORD
and the king, and
do
not associate
with
the
rebellious.
For suddenly
doth
their
calamity
rise,
And
the
ruin
of
them
both
--
who knoweth!
For they
will
bring
sudden
destruction.
Who knows
what
ruin
they
can
bring?
These also are for
the wise: --
To discern
faces
in judgment is not good.
These also are sayings
of
the wise: To show
partiality
in judgment is not good.
Whoso
is
saying
to
the wicked,
`Thou
`art'
righteous
, '
Peoples execrate
him --
nations abhor
him .
Whoever
tells
the guilty
, “You
are
innocent”—
peoples will
curse
him ,
and
nations will
denounce
him ;
And
to
those
reproving
it is
pleasant
, And on
them
cometh
a
good
blessing.
but
it will
go
well
with
those
who
convict
the
guilty
, and rich
blessing will
come
upon
them
.
Lips
he
kisseth
who
is returning
straightforward
words
.
An
honest
answer
given
is like
a
kiss
on
the
lips
.
Prepare
in
an
out-place
thy
work ,
And make
it
ready
in
the
field --
go
afterwards
, Then
thou
hast
built
thy
house.
Complete
your
outdoor
work and prepare
your
field ;
after
that
, you
may
build
your
house.
Be
not a
witness
for
nought
against thy
neighbour
, Or
thou
hast
enticed
with thy
lips.
Do
not testify
against your
neighbor
without
cause
, and
do
not
deceive
with your
lips.
Say
not ,
`As
he
did
to
me
, so
I do to him ,
I
render
to each
according to his work. '
Do
not say
, “
I will
do to him as
he
has
done
to me;
I
will
repay
the
man
according to his work. ”
Near
the field of a slothful
man
I
passed
by,
And near
the vineyard of a man lacking heart
.
I
went
past
the field of a slacker
and by
the vineyard of a man lacking judgment
.
And
lo,
it
hath
gone
up
--
all
of
it
--
thorns !
Covered its
face
have
nettles
, And its
stone wall hath
been
broken down.
Thorns had
grown
up
everywhere,
thistles
had
covered the
ground
, and the
stone wall was
broken down.
And
I see
--
I
--
I
do
set
my
heart ,
I
have
seen
--
I have
received instruction ,
I observed
and
took
it
to
heart ;
I looked
and
received instruction :
A little sleep --
a little slumber --
A little folding of the hands to lie
down.
A little sleep ,
a little slumber ,
a little folding of the hands to rest,
And thy
poverty hath
come `as'
a traveller
, And thy
want
as
an
armed
man!
and poverty will
come upon
you
like
a robber
, and need
like
a
bandit.
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