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Proverbs 24:23-34

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23These also are sayings of the wise:

To show partiality in judgment is not good.

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

Peoples will curse him, nations will scold him;

25But for those who rebuke the wicked there will be delight,

And a good blessing will come upon them.

26One who gives a right answer

Kisses the lips.

27Prepare your work outside,

And make it ready for yourself in the field;

Afterward, then, build your house.

28Do not be a witness against your neighbor for no reason,

And do not deceive with your lips.

29Do not say, “I shall do the same to him as he has done to me;

I will repay the person according to his work.”

30I passed by the field of a lazy one,

And by the vineyard of a person lacking sense,

31And behold, it was completely overgrown with weeds;

Its surface was covered with weeds,

And its stone wall was broken down.

32When I saw, I reflected upon it;

I looked, and received instruction.

33“A little sleep, a little slumber,

A little folding of the hands to rest,”

34Then your poverty will come like a drifter,

And your need like an armed man.