Proverbs, Chapter 24, verses 23-34

²³ These also are sayings of the wise:

²⁴ Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"-
peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.

²⁵ But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and rich blessing will come upon them.

²⁶ An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.

²⁷ Finish your outdoor work
and get your fields ready;
after that, build your house.

²⁸ Do not testify against your neighbor without cause,
or use your lips to deceive.

²⁹ Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me;
I'll pay that man back for what he did."

³⁰ I went past the field of the sluggard,
past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

³¹ thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.

³² I applied my heart to what I observed
and learned a lesson from what I saw:

³³ A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest-

³⁴ and poverty will come on you like a bandit
and scarcity like an armed man.¹

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