20:024:017 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and
let not thine heart
be
glad when he stumbleth:
20:024:018 Lest the lord see it, and it displease
him, and he turn away
his
wrath from him.
20:024:019 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither
be thou envious
at
the wicked:
20:024:020 For there shall be no reward to the evil
man; the candle of
the
wicked shall be put out.
20:024:021 My son, fear thou the lord and the
king: and meddle not with
them
that are given to change:
20:024:022 For their calamity shall rise suddenly;
and who knoweth the
ruin
of them both?
20:024:023 These things also belong to the wise.
It is not good to have
respect
of persons in judgment.
20:024:024 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are
righteous; him shall
the
people curse, nations shall abhor him:
20:024:025 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
and a good
blessing
shall come upon them.
20:024:026 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
20:024:027 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit
for thyself in the
field;
and afterwards build thine house.
20:024:028 Be not a witness against thy neighbour
without cause; and
deceive
not with thy lips.
20:024:029 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath
done to me: I will
render
to the man according to his work.
20:024:030 I went by the field of the slothful, and
by the vineyard of
the
man void of understanding;
20:024:031 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had
covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was
broken
down.
20:024:032 Then I saw, and considered it well:
I looked upon it, and
received
instruction.
20:024:033 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a
little folding of the
hands
to sleep:
20:024:034 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth;
and thy want
as
an armed man.
20:025:001 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which
the men of Hezekiah
king
of Judah copied out.
20:025:002 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of
kings
is to search out a matter.
20:025:003 The heaven for height, and the earth for
depth, and the heart
of
kings is unsearchable.
20:025:004 Take away the dross from the silver, and
there shall come
forth
a vessel for the finer.
20:025:005 Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne
shall
be established in righteousness.
20:025:006 Put not forth thyself in the presence of
the king, and stand
not
in the place of great men:


