Do Not Envy
Saying 20
Do not envy wicked men Psa 37:7Jas 4:5-6Pro 23:17Pro 3:31Gal 5:19-21Pro 13:20Psa 37:1Psa 73:3
or desire their company;
for their hearts devise violence, Psa 7:14Psa 10:7Psa 28:3Isa 59:41Sa 23:9Job 15:35Act 13:10Est 3:6-7
and their lips declare trouble.
Saying 21
By wisdom a house is built Pro 14:1Pro 9:11Co 3:9Col 2:7Jer 10:122Sa 7:26
and by understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled Pro 15:6Pro 21:20Pro 20:15Pro 8:21Mat 13:52Neh 13:5-131Ch 27:25-311Ch 29:2-9
with every precious and beautiful treasure.
Saying 22
A wise man is strong, 1 Ecc 7:19Col 1:11Isa 40:31Pro 21:22Pro 8:14Psa 84:7Ecc 9:14-18Pro 10:29
and a man of knowledge enhances his strength.
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, Pro 11:14Pro 20:18Eph 6:10-20Luk 14:31Pro 15:221Ti 6:11-121Co 9:25-272Ti 4:7
and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Saying 23
Wisdom is too high for a fool; Pro 14:61Co 2:14Psa 10:5Psa 92:5-6Amo 5:10Amo 5:12Amo 5:15Isa 29:21
he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
Saying 24
He who plots evil Psa 21:11Ezk 38:10-11Nam 1:11Pro 14:22Pro 6:14Pro 6:18Rom 1:301Ki 2:44
will be called a schemer.
A foolish scheme is sin, Mat 15:192Co 10:5Isa 55:7Act 8:22Pro 29:8Mat 9:4Pro 24:8Gen 6:5
and a mocker is detestable to men.
Saying 25
If you faint in the day of distress, Isa 40:28-31Eph 3:13Jer 51:461Sa 27:1Heb 12:3-5Job 4:52Co 4:1Rev 2:3
how small is your strength!
Rescue those being led away to death, Psa 82:4Isa 58:6-71Jn 3:16-17Job 29:171Sa 26:8-9Luk 10:31-32Luk 23:23-25Act 18:17
and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” Job 34:11Jer 17:10Rev 2:231Sa 16:7Pro 21:2Psa 121:8Rom 2:6Ecc 5:8
does not He who weighs hearts consider it?
Does not the One who guards your life know?
Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?
Saying 26
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, Isa 7:15Sng 5:1Pro 25:16Mat 3:4Psa 119:103Sng 4:11Pro 25:27Psa 19:10
and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. Jas 1:25Pro 2:10Jer 15:16Pro 23:18Psa 119:103Pro 2:1-5Pro 22:18Pro 3:13-18
If you find it, there is a future for you,
and your hope will never be cut off.
Saying 27
Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; Act 9:24Jer 11:191Sa 22:18-191Sa 23:20-231Sa 9:11Isa 32:18Mat 26:4Psa 140:5
do not destroy his resting place.
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; Psa 34:19Psa 37:24Mic 7:8-10Job 5:192Co 4:8-122Co 11:23-27Pro 14:321Th 5:3
but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Saying 28
Do not gloat when your enemy falls, Oba 1:12Job 31:291Co 13:6-7Pro 17:52Sa 16:5-14Psa 35:15Psa 35:19Psa 42:10
and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
or the LORD will see and disapprove, Lam 4:21-22Zec 1:15-16
and turn His wrath away from him.
Saying 29
Do not fret over evildoers, Pro 13:20Pro 23:17Pro 24:1Psa 1:1Psa 119:115Psa 37:1Psa 73:32Ti 3:2-5
and do not be envious of the wicked.
For the evil man has no future; Pro 13:9Job 18:5-6Job 21:17Pro 20:20Psa 11:6Isa 3:11Jud 1:13Mat 25:8
the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Saying 30
My son, fear the LORD and the king, Rom 13:1-71Ki 12:161Pe 2:13-17Tit 3:1Exo 14:31Mat 22:211Sa 12:12-19Ecc 8:2-5
and do not associate with the rebellious.
For they will bring sudden destruction. 2Ch 13:16-172Sa 18:7-8Hos 5:11Num 16:31-35Psa 90:111Sa 31:1-7Hos 13:10-11Pro 16:14
Who knows what ruin they can bring?
Further Sayings of the Wise
These also are sayings of the wise: Pro 28:21Pro 18:52Ch 19:7Jas 3:17Jhn 7:24Lev 19:15Pro 1:6Psa 107:43
To show partiality in judgment
is not good.
Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— Pro 17:15Isa 5:23Pro 11:26Exo 23:6-7Isa 66:24Jer 6:13-14Pro 28:27Pro 30:10
peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, 1Ti 5:201Sa 3:13Pro 28:231Ki 21:19-20Job 29:16-18Lev 19:17Mat 14:4Neh 13:17
and rich blessing will come upon them.
An honest answer given Pro 15:23Gen 41:38-57Pro 25:11-12Job 6:25Pro 16:1Dan 2:46-48Mrk 12:17-18Mrk 12:32-34
is like a kiss on the lips.
Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; Luk 14:28-301Ki 5:17-181Ki 6:7
after that, you may build your house.
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, Eph 4:251Ki 21:9-13Mat 26:59-60Pro 25:181Sa 22:9-10Col 3:9Exo 20:16Exo 23:1
and do not deceive with your lips.
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; Pro 20:22Rom 12:17-211Th 5:15Mat 5:39-44Pro 25:21-222Sa 13:22-28Jdg 15:11
I will repay the man according to his work.”
I went past the field of a slacker Pro 12:11Pro 6:6-19Ecc 8:9-11Job 4:8Ecc 4:1-8Pro 10:13Pro 6:32Psa 37:25
and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
Thorns had grown up everywhere, Isa 5:5Ecc 10:18Gen 3:17-19Jer 4:3Mat 13:22Pro 22:13Heb 6:8Job 31:40
thistles had covered the ground,
and the stone wall was broken down.
I observed and took it to heart; 1Co 10:111Co 10:6Deu 13:11Deu 21:21Deu 32:29Job 7:17Jud 1:5-7Luk 2:19
I looked and received instruction:
A little sleep, a little slumber, Pro 6:4-111Th 5:6-8Rom 13:11Eph 5:14
a little folding of the hands to rest,
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, Pro 10:4Pro 13:4
and need like a bandit.