{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T11:31:58.586Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Because their mind studieth robberies, and their lips speak deceits. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"By wisdom the house shall be built, and by prudence it shall be strengthened. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"A wise man is strong: and a knowing man, stout and valiant. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wisdom is too high for a fool, in the gate he shall not open his mouth. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"He that deviseth to do evils, shall be called a fool. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The thought of a fool is sin: and the detracter is the abomination of men. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress, thy strength shall be diminished. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Deliver them that are led to death: and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If thou say: I have not strength enough: he that seeth into the heart, he understandeth, and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul, end he shall render to a man according to his works. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not perish. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For a just man shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice: "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly: "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"My son, fear the Lord and the king: and have nothing to do with detracters. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both? "},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment. "},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them. "},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"They that rebuke him, shall be praised: and a blessing shall come upon them. "},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words. "},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that afterward thou mayst build thy house. "},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips. "},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work. "},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: "},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. "},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. "},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest: "},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 24 (DRB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 24](https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/proverbs/24 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}