Proverbs 24 — TOJB

24Verse 1Be not thou envious of anshei ra'ah,
neither desire to be with them.
^{Verse 2}For their lev plotteth violence,
and their sfatayim (lips) talk of amal (trouble).^{Verse 3}Through chochmah is a bais built,
and by tevunah (understanding) it is established.
^{Verse 4}And by da'as shall the chadarim (chambers, rooms) be filled
with all precious and pleasant hon (riches, wealth).
^{Verse 5}A gever chacham is strong;
indeed, an ish da'as (man of knowledge) increaseth ko'ach.
^{Verse 6}For by tachbulot (guidance) thou shalt wage thy milchamah (war),
and in a multitude of yo'etz (counselors) there is teshu'ah (victory, safety).
^{Verse 7}Chochmah is too lofty for a fool;
he openeth not his peh (mouth) at the sha'ar.^{Verse 8}He that plotteth to do evil shall be called
a ba'al mezimmot (master of schemes).
^{Verse 9}The scheme of folly is chattat (sin),
and the scoffer is a to'evah to adam (man).^{Verse 10}If thou faint in the yom tzarah,
thy strength is small.
^{Verse 11}Save those who are drawn away toward mavet,
and hold back those stumbling toward slaughter.
^{Verse 12}If thou sayest, See, we knew it not,
doth not He that weigheth the levavot consider it?
And He that is guard over thy nefesh, doth not He know it?
And shall not He render to every adam according to his works?^{Verse 13}Beni (my son), eat thou devash, because it is tov;
and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste;
^{Verse 14}So shall the knowledge of chochmah be unto thy nefesh;
when thou hast found it, then there shall be an acharit (latter end, future),
and thy tikvah (hope) shall not be cut off.^{Verse 15}Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik;
assault not his resting place;
^{Verse 16}For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again,
but the resha'im are overthrown in ra'ah.^{Verse 17}Gloat not when thine oyev falleth,
and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth,
^{Verse 18}Lest Hashem see it, and it is rah in His eyes,
and He turn away His wrath from him.^{Verse 19}Fret not thyself because of ra'im,
neither be thou envious of the resha'im,
^{Verse 20}For there shall be no acharit (latter end, future) to the rah;
the ner (light) of the resha'im shall be put out.^{Verse 21}Beni (my son), fear thou Hashem and the Melech,
and do not associate with them that are otherwise disposed.
^{Verse 22}For their calamity shall arise suddenly;
and who hath da'as of ruin those two⁺can bring?^{Verse 23}These things also belong to chachamim:
it is not tov to show partiality in mishpat.
^{Verse 24}He that saith unto the rashah, Thou are tzaddik,
him shall the people curse, nations shall detest him;
^{Verse 25}But to them that rebuke the wicked, it is well,
and birkat tov shall come upon them.
^{Verse 26}He that giveth an answer that is nakhon (right, correct),
giveth a kiss on the sfatayim.^{Verse 27}Set in order thy outside work,
and make ready for thyself in the sadeh;
then afterwards build thine bais.^{Verse 28}Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause,
and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).
^{Verse 29}Say not,
I will do so to him as he hath done to me,
I will render to the ish according to his work.^{Verse 30}I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one),
and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev ),^{+
Verse 31}And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns,
and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
^{Verse 32}Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev;
I looked upon it, and received musar.
^{Verse 33}Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep,
a little folding of the yadayim to rest;
^{Verse 34}So shall thy poverty come like a prowler;
and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).