Proverbs 24:23-34 - More Sayings Of The Wise

²³ These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. ²⁴ He who says to the wicked, You are righteous; the people shall curse him and nations shall abhor him. ²⁵ But to those who rebuke him, it shall be a delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

²⁶ He shall kiss the lips that return right words.

²⁷ Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.

²⁸ Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, nor deceive with your lips. ²⁹ Do not say, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will give to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding; ³¹ and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. ³² Then I saw; I set my heart on it; I looked and I received instruction. ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down; ³⁴ then your poverty comes stalking, and your want like a man armed with a shield.