23These also are sayings of the wise.
         To show partiality in judgment is not good.

24He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
         Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;

25But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight,
         And a good blessing will come upon them.

26He kisses the lips
         Who gives a right answer.

27Prepare your work outside
         And make it ready for yourself in the field;
         Afterwards, then, build your house.

28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
         And do not deceive with your lips.

29Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
         I will render to the man according to his work.”

30I passed by the field of the sluggard
         And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

31And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
         Its surface was covered with nettles,
         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 as a robber
         And your want like an armed man.

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