New English Translation

Proverbs 24:14-22 New English Translation (NET)

14. Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul;if you find it, you will have a future,and your hope will not be cut off.

15. Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live;do not assault his home.

16. Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again,but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

17. Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice,

18. lest the Lord see it, and be displeased,and turn his wrath away from him.

19. Do not fret because of evil peopleor be envious of wicked people,

20. for the evil person has no future,and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

21. Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king,and do not associate with rebels,

22. for suddenly their destruction will overtake them,and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?