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Proverbs Chapter 24

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Proverbs 24 warns against envying wicked men and entering into their company, reminding the reader that evil has no lasting future. It encourages building a household through wisdom and knowledge rather than brute strength, and calls for courage in the face of adversity and justice in the face of oppression. The chapter ends with a short parable of the sluggard's overgrown vineyard, drawing the lesson that poverty and ruin come to those who sleep through their responsibilities.

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(1) Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
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Proverbs 24:19Proverbs 3:31Proverbs 23:17Psalms 37:1Psalms 37:7Psalms 73:3Galatians 5:19Galatians 5:20Galatians 5:21James 4:5James 4:6Proverbs 1:11

(2) For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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Proverbs 24:8Proverbs 6:14I Samuel 23:9Esther 3:6Esther 3:7Job 15:35Psalms 7:14Psalms 10:7Psalms 28:3Psalms 36:4Psalms 64:4Psalms 64:5

(3) Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
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Proverbs 9:1Proverbs 14:1I Corinthians 3:9II Samuel 7:26Jeremiah 10:12Colossians 2:7

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Proverbs 3:19Jeremiah 51:15Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13

(4) And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
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Proverbs 15:6Proverbs 20:15Proverbs 21:20Proverbs 27:23Proverbs 27:24Proverbs 27:25Proverbs 27:26Proverbs 27:27I Kings 4:22I Kings 4:23I Kings 4:24I Kings 4:25

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II Chronicles 32:27Ezekiel 42:13

(6) For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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Proverbs 20:18Luke 14:31I Corinthians 9:25I Corinthians 9:26I Corinthians 9:27Ephesians 6:10Ephesians 6:11Ephesians 6:12Ephesians 6:13Ephesians 6:14Ephesians 6:15Ephesians 6:16

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Isaiah 19:11Proverbs 11:14Proverbs 15:22II Samuel 17:14

(7) Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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Proverbs 14:6Proverbs 15:24Proverbs 17:24Psalms 10:5Psalms 92:5Psalms 92:6I Corinthians 2:14Proverbs 22:22Proverbs 31:8Proverbs 31:9Job 29:7Job 29:8

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Ezekiel 40:23Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 40:6Ezekiel 40:27

(8) He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
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Proverbs 24:2Proverbs 24:9Proverbs 6:14Proverbs 6:18Proverbs 14:22I Kings 2:44Psalms 21:11Isaiah 10:7Isaiah 10:8Isaiah 10:9Isaiah 10:10Isaiah 10:11

(9) The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
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Proverbs 24:8Proverbs 23:7Genesis 6:5Genesis 8:21Psalms 119:113Isaiah 55:7Jeremiah 4:14Matthew 5:28Matthew 9:4Matthew 15:19Acts 8:22II Corinthians 10:5

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II Kings 23:13

(10) If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
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I Samuel 27:1Job 4:5Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 40:29Isaiah 40:30Isaiah 40:31John 4:8II Corinthians 4:1Ephesians 3:13Hebrews 12:3Hebrews 12:4Hebrews 12:5

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Isaiah 44:12

(11) If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
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I Samuel 26:8I Samuel 26:9Job 29:17Psalms 82:4Isaiah 58:6Isaiah 58:7Luke 10:31Luke 10:32Luke 23:23Luke 23:24Luke 23:25Acts 18:17

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Ezekiel 32:25

(12) If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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Proverbs 5:21Proverbs 21:2I Samuel 16:7Psalms 7:9Psalms 17:3Psalms 44:21Ecclesiastes 5:8Jeremiah 17:10Romans 2:16I Corinthians 4:5Hebrews 4:12Hebrews 4:13

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Isaiah 1:3Deuteronomy 8:3II Samuel 14:13II Samuel 14:14Job 8:3Psalms 80:13

(13) My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
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Proverbs 25:16Proverbs 25:27Song of Solomon 5:1Isaiah 7:15Matthew 3:4

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Psalms 119:103

(14) So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
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Proverbs 22:18Psalms 19:10Psalms 19:11Psalms 119:103Psalms 119:111Jeremiah 15:16Proverbs 2:1Proverbs 2:2Proverbs 2:3Proverbs 2:4Proverbs 2:5Proverbs 2:10

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Ecclesiastes 1:16Ecclesiastes 7:12I Kings 4:30

(15) Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
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Proverbs 1:11I Samuel 9:11I Samuel 22:18I Samuel 22:19I Samuel 23:20I Samuel 23:21I Samuel 23:22I Samuel 23:23Psalms 10:8Psalms 10:9Psalms 10:10Psalms 37:32

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Matthew 10:41II Peter 2:8

(16) For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
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Job 5:19Psalms 34:19Psalms 37:24Micah 7:8Micah 7:9Micah 7:10II Corinthians 1:8II Corinthians 1:9II Corinthians 1:10II Corinthians 4:8II Corinthians 4:9II Corinthians 4:10

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Leviticus 19:36Isaiah 47:11Ezekiel 45:10

(17) Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
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Proverbs 17:5Judges 16:25II Samuel 16:5II Samuel 16:6II Samuel 16:7II Samuel 16:8II Samuel 16:9II Samuel 16:10II Samuel 16:11II Samuel 16:12II Samuel 16:13II Samuel 16:14

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Psalms 68:3Isaiah 66:10Zechariah 10:7

(18) Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
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Lamentations 4:21Lamentations 4:22Zechariah 1:15Zechariah 1:16

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Leviticus 10:6Deuteronomy 32:27Psalms 106:23Ezekiel 33:11

(19) Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
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Proverbs 13:20Numbers 16:26Psalms 1:1Psalms 26:4Psalms 26:5Psalms 119:115II Corinthians 6:17Ephesians 5:11II Timothy 3:2II Timothy 3:3II Timothy 3:4II Timothy 3:5

(20) For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
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Psalms 9:17Psalms 11:6Isaiah 3:11Proverbs 13:9Proverbs 20:20Job 18:5Job 18:6Job 21:17Matthew 8:12Matthew 25:8Jude 1:13

(21) My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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Exodus 14:31I Samuel 24:6Ecclesiastes 8:2Ecclesiastes 8:3Ecclesiastes 8:4Ecclesiastes 8:5Matthew 22:21Romans 13:1Romans 13:2Romans 13:3Romans 13:4Romans 13:5

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Leviticus 27:33

(22) For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
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Numbers 16:31Numbers 16:32Numbers 16:33Numbers 16:34Numbers 16:35I Samuel 31:1I Samuel 31:2I Samuel 31:3I Samuel 31:4I Samuel 31:5I Samuel 31:6I Samuel 31:7

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Proverbs 6:15Obadiah 1:13

(23) These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
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Psalms 107:43Ecclesiastes 8:1Ecclesiastes 8:2Ecclesiastes 8:3Ecclesiastes 8:4Ecclesiastes 8:5Hosea 14:9James 3:17Proverbs 18:5Proverbs 28:21Leviticus 19:15Deuteronomy 1:17

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Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 1:17

(24) He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
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Proverbs 17:15Exodus 23:6Exodus 23:7Isaiah 5:20Isaiah 5:23Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 6:14Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 8:11Ezekiel 13:22Proverbs 11:26Proverbs 28:27

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Matthew 10:41

(25) But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
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Leviticus 19:17I Samuel 3:13I Kings 21:19I Kings 21:20Nehemiah 5:7Nehemiah 5:8Nehemiah 5:9Nehemiah 13:8Nehemiah 13:9Nehemiah 13:10Nehemiah 13:11Nehemiah 13:17

(26) Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
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Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 16:1Proverbs 25:11Proverbs 25:12Genesis 41:38Genesis 41:39Genesis 41:40Genesis 41:41Genesis 41:42Genesis 41:43Genesis 41:44Genesis 41:45

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Proverbs 17:4

(27) Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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I Kings 5:17I Kings 5:18I Kings 6:7Luke 14:28Luke 14:29Luke 14:30

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Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5

(28) Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
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Proverbs 14:5Proverbs 19:5Proverbs 19:9Proverbs 21:28Exodus 20:16Exodus 23:1I Samuel 22:9I Samuel 22:10I Kings 21:9I Kings 21:10I Kings 21:11I Kings 21:12

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I Samuel 12:5I John 5:9

(29) Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
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Proverbs 20:22Proverbs 25:21Proverbs 25:22Matthew 5:39Matthew 5:40Matthew 5:41Matthew 5:42Matthew 5:43Matthew 5:44Romans 12:17Romans 12:18Romans 12:19

(30) I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 6:7Proverbs 6:8Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Proverbs 6:12Proverbs 6:13Proverbs 6:14Proverbs 6:15Proverbs 6:16Proverbs 6:17

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Exodus 22:5Proverbs 10:13Genesis 23:17Exodus 9:25I Kings 21:6

(31) And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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Genesis 3:17Genesis 3:18Genesis 3:19Job 31:40Jeremiah 4:3Matthew 13:7Matthew 13:22Hebrews 6:8Proverbs 19:23Proverbs 20:4Proverbs 22:13Proverbs 23:21

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Isaiah 28:16Hosea 9:6II Chronicles 32:5Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9II Chronicles 26:6

(32) Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
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Job 7:17Psalms 4:4Luke 2:19Luke 2:51Deuteronomy 13:11Deuteronomy 21:21Deuteronomy 32:29I Corinthians 10:6I Corinthians 10:11Jude 1:5Jude 1:6Jude 1:7

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II Kings 4:26Genesis 29:2

(33) Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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Proverbs 6:4Proverbs 6:5Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 6:7Proverbs 6:8Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Romans 13:11Ephesians 5:14I Thessalonians 5:6I Thessalonians 5:7

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Proverbs 6:10Ecclesiastes 5:12Genesis 19:20Genesis 43:11Exodus 23:30Deuteronomy 7:22

(34) So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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Proverbs 10:4Proverbs 13:4

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Proverbs 6:11

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