Proverbschapter 24
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Proverbs 24— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Through Wisdom a House Is Builded; Rescue Them Drawn Unto Death1
1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
3By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;
4through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure.
5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
8He who plots evil will be called a schemer.
9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
10If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!
11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Rashi on Proverbs 24:12
will you say Heb. כי תאמר. And this instance of כי is used as an expression of “perhaps.”
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Rashi on Proverbs 24:13
Eat honey, my son It is customary for people to eat honey because it is good; so too know wisdom for your soul, and just as you run to eat honey, so should you run to know wisdom.
Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked.
20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious.
22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?
More Sayings of the Wise: I Went by the Field of the Sluggard23
23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.
26An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.
27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house.
28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.