Old Testament · BSB
Proverbs 24
Berean Standard Bible · 34 verses
- Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
- through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
- A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
- Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
- Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
- A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
- If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
- Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- 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 honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
- 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.
- Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
- For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
- or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
- Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
- For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
- For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
- These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
- but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
- An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
- Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
- Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
- Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
- I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
- 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 rest,
- and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.