Proverbs 24 · Geneva Bible Notes (1599)
Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the (a) gate. (a) In the place where wisdom should be shown. Proverbs 24:10
[If] thou (b) faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small. (b) Man has no trial of his strength till he is in trouble. Proverbs 24:11
If thou refraineth to deliver [them that are] drawn to (c) death, and [those that are] ready to be slain; (c) No one can be excused, if he does not help the innocent when he is in danger. Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat thou (d) honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste: (d) As honey is sweet and pleasant to the taste, so wisdom is to the soul. Proverbs 24:16
For a just [man] (e) falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. (e) He is subject to many perils, but God delivers him. Proverbs 24:18
Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath (f) from him. (f) To be avenged on you. Proverbs 24:22
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them (g) both? (g) Meaning, either of the wicked and seditious, as in ( Pro 24:19 , Pro 24:21 ) or of them who do not fear God or obey their king. Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work outside, and make it fit for thyself in the field; (h) and afterwards build thy house. (h) Be sure of the means how to compass it, before you take any enterprise in hand. Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I (i) will render to the man according to his work. (i) He shows what is the nature of the wicked, to revenge wrong for wrong. Proverbs 24:32
Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received (k) instruction. (k) That I might learn by another man's fault. Proverbs 24:33
[Yet] a little sleep, (l) a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: (l) See Pro 6:10