# General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" ([Proverbs 22:20](../22/20.md)).

# Do not lie in wait

The words "lie in wait" are an idiom. Translate "lie in wait" as in [Proverbs 1:11](../01/11.md). Alternate translation: "Do not hide and wait for the right time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# his home

the home of the righteous person