{"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/web/proverbs/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:07:11.371Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Proverbs","bookSlug":"proverbs","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":31,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Don't be envious of evil men; neither desire to be with them:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"A wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"If you say, |Behold, we didn't know this;| doesn't he who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, doesn't he know it? Shall he not render to every man according to his work?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"so you shall know wisdom to be to your soul; if you have found it, then there will be a reward, your hope will not be cut off."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Don't rejoice when your enemy falls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"lest Yahweh see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Don't fret yourself because of evildoers; neither be envious of the wicked:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"for there will be no reward to the evil man; and the lamp of the wicked shall be snuffed out."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"for their calamity will rise suddenly; the destruction from them both—who knows?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"He who says to the wicked, |You are righteous;| peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him—"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Don't say, |I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.|"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:"},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"so your poverty will come as a robber, and your want as an armed man."}],"citation":{"inline":"Proverbs 24 (WEB)","markdown":"[Proverbs 24](https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/proverbs/24 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}