Proverbs 24:1-12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

24 Do not envy the wicked,
    nor desire to be with them,^(A)
2 for their minds devise violence,
    and their lips talk of mischief.^(B)

³ By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established;^(C)
4 by knowledge the rooms are filled
    with all precious and pleasant riches.
⁵ Wise warriors are mightier than strong ones^[a]
    and those who have knowledge than those who have strength,^(D)
6 for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
    and in abundance of counselors there is victory.^(E)
7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the gate they do not open their mouths.^(F)

⁸ Whoever plans to do evil
    will be called a mischief-maker.^(G)
9 The devising of folly is sin,
    and the scoffer is an abomination to all.

¹⁰ If you faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength being small;^(H)
11 if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,
    those who go staggering to the slaughter;^(I)
12 if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—
    does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
    And will he not repay all according to their deeds?^(J)