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1. Don't envy evil people or try to be friends with them.
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1. Be not H408 thou envious H7065 against evil H7451 men H376 , neither H408 desire H183 to be H1961 with H854 them.
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2. Their minds are always planning violence, and they always talk about making trouble.
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2. For H3588 their heart H3820 studieth H1897 destruction H7701 , and their lips H8193 talk H1696 of mischief H5999 .
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3. It takes wisdom to have a good family, and it takes understanding to make it strong.
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3. Through wisdom H2451 is a house H1004 built H1129 ; and by understanding H8394 it is established H3559 :
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4. It takes knowledge to fill a home with rare and beautiful treasures.
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4. And by knowledge H1847 shall the chambers H2315 be filled H4390 with all H3605 precious H3368 and pleasant H5273 riches H1952 .
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5. Wise people have great power, and those with knowledge have great strength.
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5. A wise H2450 man H1397 is strong H5797 ; yea , a man H376 of knowledge H1847 increaseth H553 strength H3581 .
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6. So you need advice when you go to war. If you have lots of good advice, you will win.
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6. For H3588 by wise counsel H8458 thou shalt make H6213 thy war H4421 : and in multitude H7230 of counselors H3289 there is safety H8668 .
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7. Foolish people cannot understand wisdom. They have nothing to say in a discussion.
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7. Wisdom H2454 is too high H7311 for a fool H191 : he openeth H6605 not H3808 his mouth H6310 in the gate H8179 .
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8. Whoever makes evil plans will be known as a troublemaker.
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8. He that deviseth H2803 to do evil H7489 shall be called H7121 a mischievous H4209 person H1167 .
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9. Making foolish plans is sinful, and making fun of wisdom is hateful.
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9. The thought H2154 of foolishness H200 is sin H2403 : and the scorner H3887 is an abomination H8441 to men H120 .
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10. If you give up when trouble comes, it shows that you are weak.
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10. If thou faint H7503 in the day H3117 of adversity H6869 , thy strength H3581 is small H6862 .
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11. Save those who are being led to their death; rescue those who are about to be killed.
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11. If H518 thou forbear H2820 to deliver H5337 them that are drawn H3947 unto death H4194 , and those that are ready H4131 to be slain H2027 ;
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12. If you say, "We don't know anything about this," God, who knows what's in your mind, will notice. He is watching you, and he will know. He will reward each person for what he has done.
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12. If H3588 thou sayest H559 , Behold H2005 , we knew H3045 it H2088 not H3808 ; doth not H3808 he that pondereth H8505 the heart H3820 consider H995 it ? and he that keepeth H5341 thy soul H5315 , doth not he H1931 know H3045 it ? and shall not he render H7725 to every man H120 according to his works H6467 ?
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13. My child, eat honey because it is good. Honey from the honeycomb tastes sweet.
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13. My son H1121 , eat H398 thou honey H1706 , because H3588 it is good H2896 ; and the honeycomb H5317 , which is sweet H4966 to H5921 thy taste H2441 :
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14. In the same way, wisdom is pleasing to you. If you find it, you have hope for the future, and your wishes will come true.
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14. So H3651 shall the knowledge H3045 of wisdom H2451 be unto thy soul H5315 : when H518 thou hast found H4672 it , then there shall be H3426 a reward H319 , and thy expectation H8615 shall not H3808 be cut off H3772 .
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15. Don't be wicked and attack a good family's house; don't rob the place where they live.
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15. Lay not wait H408 H693 , O wicked H7563 man , against the dwelling H5116 of the righteous H6662 ; spoil H7703 not H408 his resting place H7258 :
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16. Even though good people may be bothered by trouble seven times, they are never defeated, but the wicked are overwhelmed by trouble.
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16. For H3588 a just H6662 man falleth H5307 seven H7651 times , and riseth up again H6965 : but the wicked H7563 shall fall H3782 into mischief H7451 .
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17. Don't be happy when your enemy is defeated; don't be glad when he is overwhelmed.
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17. Rejoice H8055 not H408 when thine enemy H341 falleth H5307 , and let not H408 thine heart H3820 be glad H1523 when he stumbleth H3782 :
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18. The Lord will notice and be displeased. He may not be angry with them anymore.
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18. Lest H6435 the LORD H3068 see H7200 it , and it displease H7489 H5869 him , and he turn away H7725 his wrath H639 from H4480 H5921 him.
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19. Don't envy evil people, and don't be jealous of the wicked.
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19. Fret not thyself H408 H2734 because of evil H7489 men , neither H408 be thou envious H7065 at the wicked H7563 ;
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20. An evil person has nothing to hope for; the wicked will die like a flame that is put out.
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20. For H3588 there shall be H1961 no H3808 reward H319 to the evil H7451 man ; the candle H5216 of the wicked H7563 shall be put out H1846 .
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21. My child, respect the Lord and the king. Don't join those people who refuse to obey them.
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21. My son H1121 , fear H3372 thou H853 the LORD H3068 and the king H4428 : and meddle H6148 not H408 with H5973 them that are given to change H8138 :
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22. The Lord and the king will quickly destroy such people. Those two can cause great disaster!
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22. For H3588 their calamity H343 shall rise H6965 suddenly H6597 ; and who H4310 knoweth H3045 the ruin H6365 of them both H8147 ?
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23. These are also sayings of the wise: It is not good to take sides when you are the judge.
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23. These H428 things also H1571 belong to the wise H2450 . It is not H1077 good H2896 to have respect H5234 of persons H6440 in judgment H4941 .
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24. Don't tell the wicked that they are innocent; people will curse you, and nations will hate you.
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24. He that saith H559 unto the wicked H7563 , Thou H859 art righteous H6662 ; him shall the people H5971 curse H5344 , nations H3816 shall abhor H2194 him:
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25. But things will go well if you punish the guilty, and you will receive rich blessings.
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25. But to them that rebuke H3198 him shall be delight H5276 , and a good H2896 blessing H1293 shall come H935 upon H5921 them.
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26. An honest answer is as pleasing as a kiss on the lips.
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26. Every man shall kiss H5401 his lips H8193 that giveth H7725 a right H5228 answer H1697 .
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27. First, finish your outside work and prepare your fields. After that, you can build your house.
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27. Prepare H3559 thy work H4399 without H2351 , and make it fit H6257 for thyself in the field H7704 ; and afterwards H310 build H1129 thine house H1004 .
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28. Don't testify against your neighbor for no good reason. Don't say things that are false.
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28. Be H1961 not H408 a witness H5707 against thy neighbor H7453 without cause H2600 ; and deceive H6601 not with thy lips H8193 .
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29. Don't say, "I'll get even; I'll do to him what he did to me."
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29. Say H559 not H408 , I will do H6213 so H3651 to him as H834 he hath done H6213 to me : I will render H7725 to the man H376 according to his work H6467 .
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30. I passed by a lazy person's field and by the vineyard of someone with no sense.
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30. I went H5674 by H5921 the field H7704 of the slothful H6102 H376 , and by H5921 the vineyard H3754 of the man H120 void H2638 of understanding H3820 ;
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31. Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds, and the stone walls had fallen down.
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31. And, lo H2009 , it was all H3605 grown over H5927 with thorns H7063 , and nettles H2738 had covered H3680 the face H6440 thereof , and the stone H68 wall H1444 thereof was broken down H2040 .
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32. I thought about what I had seen; I learned this lesson from what I saw.
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32. Then I H595 saw H2372 , and considered it well H7896 H3820 : I looked H7200 upon it, and received H3947 instruction H4148 .
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33. You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.
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33. Yet a little H4592 sleep H8142 , a little H4592 slumber H8572 , a little H4592 folding H2264 of the hands H3027 to sleep H7901 :
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34. Soon you will be as poor as if you had been robbed; you will have as little as if you had been held up.
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34. So shall thy poverty H7389 come H935 as one that traveleth H1980 ; and thy want H4270 as an armed H4043 man H376 .
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