1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
2for 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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Do notאַל־H408Adverbenvyתְּ֭קַנֵּאH7065Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singularwickedרָעָ֑הH7451Adjective - feminine singular. . .וְאַל־H408Conjunctive waw | Adverbmenבְּאַנְשֵׁ֣יH582Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural constructor desireתִּתְאָוH183Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singulartheir companyלִהְי֥וֹתH1961Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct. . .אִתָּֽם׃H854Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 2
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forכִּי־H3588Conjunctiontheir heartsלִבָּ֑םH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluraldeviseיֶהְגֶּ֣הH1897Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularviolenceשֹׁ֭דH7701Noun - masculine singularand their lipsשִׂפְתֵיהֶ֥םH8193Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine pluraldeclareתְּדַבֵּֽרְנָה׃H1696Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine pluraltroubleוְ֝עָמָ֗לH5999Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular