Proverbs 24:23-34

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23 These things also belong to the wise:

It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”

Him the people will curse;

Nations will abhor him.

25 But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight,

And a good blessing will come upon them.

26 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

27 Prepare your outside work,

Make it fit for yourself in the field;

And afterward build your house.

28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,

For would you deceive with your lips?

29 Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;

I will render to the man according to his work.”

30 I went by the field of the lazy man,

And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;

31 And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;

Its surface was covered with nettles;

Its stone wall was broken down.

32 When I saw it, I considered it well;

I looked on it and received instruction:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to rest;

34 So shall your poverty come like a prowler,

And your need like an armed man.

The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Pr 24:23-34