Proverbs 24:4-18

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⁴by knowledge the rooms are filled
    with all ^(A)precious and pleasant riches.
⁵^(B)A wise man is full of strength,
    and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
⁶for by ^(C)wise guidance you can wage your war,
    and in ^(D)abundance of counselors there is victory.
⁷Wisdom is ^(E)too high for a fool;
    in ^(F)the gate he does not open his mouth.

⁸Whoever ^(G)plans to do evil
will be called a schemer.
⁹^(H)The devising^[a] of folly is sin,
and ^(I)the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

¹⁰If you ^(J)faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.
¹¹^(K)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
¹²If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    ^(L)does not he who ^(M)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who ^(N)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man ^(O)according to his work?

¹³My son, ^(P)eat honey, for it is good,
    and ^(Q)the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
¹⁴Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, there will be ^(R)a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

¹⁵^(S)Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous;
do no violence to his home;
¹⁶^(T)for the righteous falls ^(U)seven times and rises again,
but ^(V)the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

¹⁷^(W)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
¹⁸lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
and turn away his anger from him.

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