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            <div class="label">24</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Be not thou envious against evil men,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">Neither desire to be with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.24.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">For their heart studieth destruction,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">And their lips talk of mischief.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.24.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Through wisdom is an house builded;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">And by understanding it is established:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">With all precious and pleasant riches.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">A wise man </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> strong;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">And in multitude of counsellors </span><span class="add"><span class="content">there is</span></span><span class="content"> safety.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> too high for a fool:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">He openeth not his mouth in the gate.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He that deviseth to do evil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">Shall be called a mischievous person.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The thought of foolishness </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> sin:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">And the scorner </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> an abomination to men.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">If</span></span><span class="content"> thou faint in the day of adversity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">Thy strength </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> small.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.24.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If thou forbear to deliver </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them that are</span></span><span class="content"> drawn unto death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">And </span><span class="add"><span class="content">those that are</span></span><span class="content"> ready to be slain;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.24.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">Doth not he that pondereth the heart consider </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And he that keepeth thy soul, doth </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he know </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it?</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">And shall </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> he render to </span><span class="add"><span class="content">every</span></span><span class="content"> man according to his works?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.24.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My son, eat thou honey, because </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it is</span></span><span class="content"> good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">And the honeycomb, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which is</span></span><span class="content"> sweet to thy taste:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.24.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall</span></span><span class="content"> the knowledge of wisdom </span><span class="add"><span class="content">be</span></span><span class="content"> unto thy soul:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">When thou hast found </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, then there shall be a reward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">And thy expectation shall not be cut off.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.24.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Lay not wait, O wicked </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">, against the dwelling of the righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">Spoil not his resting place:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For a just </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content"> falleth seven times, and riseth up again:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">But the wicked shall fall into mischief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">And let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Lest the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> see </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content">, and it displease him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">And he turn away his wrath from him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Fret not thyself because of evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">men</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">Neither be thou envious at the wicked;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">For there shall be no reward to the evil </span><span class="add"><span class="content">man</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">The candle of the wicked shall be put out.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">My son, fear thou the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> and the king:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> meddle not with them that are given to change:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For their calamity shall rise suddenly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">And who knoweth the ruin of them both?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">These </span><span class="add"><span class="content">things</span></span><span class="content"> also </span><span class="add"><span class="content">belong</span></span><span class="content"> to the wise.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">It is</span></span><span class="content"> not good to have respect of persons in judgment.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">He that saith unto the wicked, Thou </span><span class="add"><span class="content">art</span></span><span class="content"> righteous;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">Him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">But to them that rebuke </span><span class="add"><span class="content">him</span></span><span class="content"> shall be delight,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">And a good blessing shall come upon them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.24.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Every man</span></span><span class="content"> shall kiss </span><span class="add"><span class="content">his</span></span><span class="content"> lips</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">That giveth a right answer.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.24.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Prepare thy work without,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And make it fit for thyself in the field;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">And afterwards build thine house.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.24.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">And deceive </span><span class="add"><span class="content">not</span></span><span class="content"> with thy lips.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.24.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">I will render to the man according to his work.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.24.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">I went by the field of the slothful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.24.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> nettles had covered the face thereof,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">And the stone wall thereof was broken down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.24.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Then I saw, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">and</span></span><span class="content"> considered </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it</span></span><span class="content"> well:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">I looked upon </span><span class="add"><span class="content">it, and</span></span><span class="content"> received instruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.24.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Yet</span></span><span class="content"> a little sleep, a little slumber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">A little folding of the hands to sleep:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.24.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">So shall thy poverty come </span><span class="add"><span class="content">as</span></span><span class="content"> one that travelleth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.24.34"><span class="content">And thy want as an armed man.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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