1 Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2 for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 24:1-2
Wisdom Builds the House: Justice, Courage, Diligence, Enemies, and the Future of the Righteous
The chapter moves from warnings against envying the wicked, to wisdom as constructive strength, to courageous rescue, to future hope, to restraint toward enemies, to public justice and honest speech, and finally to ordered labor and the severe warning of the sluggard's ruined field.
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Verse 1
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Original words
Do not אַל־ H408 Adverb envy תְּ֭קַנֵּא H7065 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular wicked רָעָ֑ה H7451 Adjective - feminine singular . . . וְאַל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb men בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י H582 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct or desire תִּתְאָו H183 Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular their company לִהְי֥וֹת H1961 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct . . . אִתָּֽם׃ H854 Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 2
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for כִּי־ H3588 Conjunction their hearts לִבָּ֑ם H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural devise יֶהְגֶּ֣ה H1897 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular violence שֹׁ֭ד H7701 Noun - masculine singular and their lips שִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥ם H8193 Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural declare תְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃ H1696 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine plural trouble וְ֝עָמָ֗ל H5999 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular