Focused Passage

Proverbs 24:23-25

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.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

24 Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

25 but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

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Verse 23

Cross-references

James 2:1 Classic cross-references Leviticus 19:15 Classic cross-references Romans 2:11 Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 1:17 Classic cross-references John 7:24 Classic cross-references

Original words

These אֵ֥לֶּה H428 Pronoun - common plural also גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction are sayings of the wise לַֽחֲכָמִ֑ים H2450 Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine plural To show partiality הַֽכֵּר־ H5234 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute . . . פָּנִ֖ים H6440 Noun - masculine plural in judgment בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט H4941 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular is not בַּל־ H1077 Adverb good טֽוֹב׃ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 24

Cross-references

Proverbs 17:15 Classic cross-references Isaiah 5:23 Classic cross-references Proverbs 11:26 Classic cross-references Exodus 23:6 Classic cross-references Isaiah 66:24 Classic cross-references

Original words

Whoever tells אֹ֤מֵ֨ר׀ H559 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular the guilty לְרָשָׁע֮ H7563 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine singular You אָ֥תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular are innocent צַדִּ֪יק H6662 Adjective - masculine singular peoples עַמִּ֑ים H5971 Noun - masculine plural will curse him יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ H6895 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular and nations לְאֻמִּֽים׃ H3816 Noun - masculine plural will denounce him יִזְעָמ֥וּהוּ H2194 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular

Verse 25

Cross-references

1 Timothy 5:20 Classic cross-references Proverbs 10:6 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 3:13 Classic cross-references Proverbs 28:23 Classic cross-references

Original words

but it will go well יִנְעָ֑ם H5276 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with those who convict the guilty וְלַמּוֹכִיחִ֥ים H3198 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural and rich טֽוֹב׃ H2896 Noun - masculine singular blessing בִרְכַּת־ H1293 Noun - feminine singular construct will come תָּב֥וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular upon them וַֽ֝עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural

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