24

Ezra Chapter 24

1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with

2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of

3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is

5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an

10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and

14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be

19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at

21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with

24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the

26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the

28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and

29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will

30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the

32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and

33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the