The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs by Anonymous


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Page 27

24:13. Eat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most
sweet to thy throat.

24:14. So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul: which when thou
hast found, thou shalt have hope in the end, and thy hope shall not
perish.

24:15. Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the
just, nor spoil his rest.

24:16. For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but
the wicked shall fall down into evil.

24:17. When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not
thy heart rejoice:

24:18. Lest the Lord see, and it displease him, and he turn away his
wrath from him.

24:19. Contend not with the wicked, nor seek to be like the ungodly.

24:20. For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the
wicked shall be put out.

24:21. My son, fear the Lord, and the king: and have nothing to do with
detractors.

24:22. For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the
ruin of both?

24:23. These things also to the wise: It is not good to have respect to
persons in judgment.

24:24. They that say to the wicked man: Thou art just: shall be cursed
by the people, and the tribes shall abhor them.

24:25. They that rebuke him shall be praised: and a blessing shall come
upon them.

24:26. He shall kiss the lips, who answereth right words.

24:27. Prepare thy work without, and diligently till thy ground: that
afterward thou mayst build thy house.

24:28. Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive
not any man with thy lips.

24:29. Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to
every one according to his work.

24:30. I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of
the foolish man:

24:31. And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered
the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

24:32. Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the
example I received instruction.

24:33. Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little,
thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

24:34. And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an
armed man.

Proverbs Chapter 25

25:1. These are also parables of Solomon, which the men of Ezechias,
king of Juda, copied out.

25:2. It is the glory of God to conceal the word, and the glory of kings
to search out the speech.

25:3. The heaven above and the earth beneath, and the heart of kings is
unsearchable.

25:4. Take away the rust from silver, and there shall come forth a most
pure vessel:

25:5. Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne
shall be established with justice.

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