NITHYAM SONGSProverbs 24
World English Bible (WEB) • 34 verses
1Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them;
2for their hearts plot violence and their lips talk about mischief.
3Through wisdom a house is built; by understanding it is established;
RelatedProverbs 14:1 · Proverbs 9:1 · 1 Corinthians 3:9 · Colossians 2:7 · Jeremiah 10:12 · 2 Samuel 7:26
4by knowledge the rooms are filled with all rare and beautiful treasure.
RelatedProverbs 15:6 · Proverbs 21:20 · Proverbs 20:15 · Proverbs 8:21 · Matthew 13:52 · Nehemiah 13:5-13
5A wise man has great power. A knowledgeable man increases strength,
RelatedEcclesiastes 7:19 · Colossians 1:11 · Proverbs 21:22 · Proverbs 8:14 · Isaiah 40:31 · Psalms 84:7
6for by wise guidance you wage your war, and victory is in many advisors.
RelatedProverbs 11:14 · Proverbs 20:18 · Luke 14:31 · Proverbs 15:22 · Ephesians 6:10-20 · 1 Timothy 6:11-12
7Wisdom is too high for a fool. He doesn’t open his mouth in the gate.
8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.
9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
10If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.
11Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!
12If 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 give to every man according to his work?
13My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;
RelatedIsaiah 7:15 · Song of Solomon 5:1 · Proverbs 25:16 · Psalms 119:103 · Matthew 3:4 · Song of Solomon 4:11
14so 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.
RelatedProverbs 2:10 · James 1:25 · Jeremiah 15:16 · Proverbs 23:18 · Psalms 119:103 · Proverbs 22:18
15Don’t lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don’t destroy his resting place;
RelatedActs 9:24 · Jeremiah 11:19 · 1 Samuel 9:11 · Matthew 26:4 · 1 Samuel 22:18-19 · 1 Samuel 23:20-23
16for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
RelatedPsalms 34:19 · Psalms 37:24 · Micah 7:8-10 · Job 5:19 · 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 · 2 Corinthians 11:23-27
17Don’t rejoice when your enemy falls. Don’t let your heart be glad when he is overthrown,
RelatedObadiah 1:12 · Job 31:29 · 1 Corinthians 13:6-7 · Proverbs 17:5 · 2 Samuel 16:5-14 · Psalms 35:15
18lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19Don’t fret yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked;
20for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
21My son, fear the LORD and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
22for their calamity will rise suddenly. Who knows what destruction may come from them both?
Related2 Samuel 18:7-8 · Hosea 5:11 · Numbers 16:31-35 · Psalms 90:11 · 2 Chronicles 13:16-17 · Proverbs 20:2
23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,” peoples will curse him, and nations will abhor him—
RelatedProverbs 17:15 · Isaiah 5:23 · Proverbs 11:26 · Exodus 23:6-7 · Jeremiah 6:13-14 · Isaiah 66:24
25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and a rich blessing will come on them.
Related1 Timothy 5:20 · Proverbs 28:23 · 1 Samuel 3:13 · Leviticus 19:17 · Matthew 14:4 · Titus 1:13
26An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.
RelatedProverbs 15:23 · Genesis 41:38-57 · Proverbs 25:11-12 · Proverbs 16:1 · Job 6:25 · Mark 12:17-18
27Prepare your work outside, and get your fields ready. Afterwards, build your house.
28Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
RelatedEphesians 4:25 · Proverbs 25:18 · 1 Kings 21:9-13 · Matthew 26:59-60 · Proverbs 19:5 · Proverbs 14:5
29Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
RelatedRomans 12:17-21 · Proverbs 20:22 · 1 Thessalonians 5:15 · Matthew 5:39-44 · Proverbs 25:21-22 · Judges 15:11
30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
RelatedProverbs 12:11 · Proverbs 6:6-19 · Ecclesiastes 8:9-11 · Job 4:8 · Proverbs 6:32 · Proverbs 10:13
31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
RelatedIsaiah 5:5 · Ecclesiastes 10:18 · Jeremiah 4:3 · Proverbs 22:13 · Genesis 3:17-19 · Matthew 13:22
32Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:
Related1 Corinthians 10:11 · 1 Corinthians 10:6 · Job 7:17 · Deuteronomy 21:21 · Luke 2:51 · Luke 2:19
33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
34so your poverty will come as a robber and your want as an armed man.
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Translation: World English Bible (public domain) and the Tamil Old Version (BSI) — 1957.